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.

A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.

A young boy encounters all sorts of cats while searching for the one he lost, in a text where young readers are invited to pull out different panels to discover if the cat on the panel is the one the boy is looking for. On board pages.

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days. Suggested level: junior.

After seeing Thistle carrying a pumpkin, Duck and Goose decide they must find one for themselves and search in such places as in a log, in a tree, and under the water. On board pages.

As little Dinosaur takes on everything around him, from a pile of leaves to his evening bowl of spaghetti, he is sure to win the challenge, but when it comes to bedtime, little Dinosaur is no match. On board pages.

Unsuspecting Jemima Puddle-Duck foolishly allows the cunning Fox to help her find a "safe" nest. Kep, the barnyard collie, and her pups rescue Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot.

When Bear discovers he has a loose tooth, his friends try to help make it fall out.

BooBoo the gosling likes to eat from morning until night and thinks everything is "good food"--Well, almost everything!