Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another.

When Mama plays hide and seek with her five ducklings, Little Quack finds the best hiding place of all. Readers can use the quack-u-lator to count the ducklings as they hide.

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Based on a true story.

A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.

Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

"Bear thanks his friends for bringing food dishes to his dinner party and finds a way of sharing something of his own."--

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

Five chicks and their mother peck in the corn patch in search of breakfast.