David McPhail

A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man.

Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.

Rat's car fills up with water when it rains, but his friend Big Brown Bear comes to the rescue.

An excited Bear mistakenly believes that Rat has given him a boat for his birthday.

Henry Bear is determined to win the raffle for the perfect Christmas tree so he will not even consider his friend Stanley's choice of trees.

Emma pretends that she and her dolls spend a day at school.

Budgie grows flowers and Boo grows vegetables, and they are the best of friends.

Too scared to go trick-or-treating, John Pig stays home on Halloween and has an unplanned party with some unexpected, monstrous guests.

A raccoon forages for food at night and at dawn returns to its home in a strong, old tree, which safely shelters the raccoon through wild winds and ferocious rain so that it can go out searching for food again.

An illustrated collection of nursery rhymes and songs, interspersed with concept pages on such themes as "going places" and "colors and shapes".