Jane Chapman

Introduces different animals and how they move within their environments, including penguins, giraffes, snakes, Arctic foxes, and leopards.

While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.

Bear and his friends persuade a bashful owl to play with them.

Mother Bear shows Little Bear what it is like to be big when he wishes that he could grow up faster, but he decides that being small is fun, too. Features textured pages.

One by one, three young bears crawl into Bear and Mrs. Bear's bed during a thunderstorm, certain they hear monsters outside, and although Bear tells each that monsters are not real, he later changes his mind.

The forest animals' Christmas celebrations keep interrupting Grumpy Badger's winter hibernation, until he decides to join them.

Rhyming text celebrates the simple pleasures of time spent together with family or friends.

Bronco the dog and his animal friends help a colony of bees, even though they believe the bees have never done anything for them.

Gathers ten Christmans stories featuring Santa Claus, animals, wintry weather, holiday decorations, and related topics.