Jane Chapman

While waiting impatiently for the big day to arrive, Teddy tries to help Big Bear with Christmas preparations.

When one little bear wishes for snow on Christmas, they get more... and more... and MORE! What now? --

Bear has come up with the perfect way to say thanks--a nice big dinner! When Bear decides to throw a feast, his friends show up one by one with different platters of delicious food to share. There's just one problem: Bear's cupboards are bare! What is he to do?

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

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

"A big bear and a small mouse discover all of the opposites between their animal friends"--

In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh. One duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the thickets, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? With bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman, this counting tale by Phyllis Root is a feast of sounds and numbers...

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

In the same way that baby animals stop whatever they are doing and close their eyes for the night, so a child must finally go to sleep when bedtime comes.