Philip Christian Stead

When Jonathan's parents decide that he has gotten too old to have a stuffed animal, they trade his favorite bear, Frederick, for a toaster, so he sets off aboard a boat, looking for Frederick.

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter. Oso quiere contar una historia a sus amigos pero llega el invierno y todos tienen que hacer, recolectar para el invierno, emigrar, hibernar...

Today is a very nice day. There has never been a day so nice as this, except for maybe yesterday. Join Vernon and his friends Skunk and Porcupine on a series of three enchanting adventures entitled Waiting, Fishing, and Gardening, as they comb the forest floor for trinkets and go fishing in their own unconventional way.

"Ruby, a very small bird in a very big world, is looking for a friend, so she introduces herself ..."--

Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

"A wise old dog contemplates the limitless world of imagination through a window"--

When friendly giant mammoth Samson falls asleep and wakes up in the middle of a blizzard, he finds and shelters a little red bird and a flower-loving mouse, beginning new friendships for all.