John Burningham

Mr. Gumpy's human and animal friends squash into his old car and go for a drive -- until it starts to rain.

On discovering late Christmas Eve that he has forgotten to deliver one present, Santa Claus wearily makes his way in a variety of conveyances to the top of the Roly Poly Mountains to deliver it.

While high in the mountains with his parents, Albert falls off a cliff and ends up in Cloudland, where he enjoys playing with the cloud children, but misses his parents.

A small girl reflects on the comfort she gets from her imaginary friend Aldo.

A teacher regrets his decision to disbelieve a student's outlandish excuses for being tardy.

A cat, three bears, a fish, a frog, a baby, and others look for a place to go to sleep at the end of the day.

Each time he does something a little bit bad, Edwardo is told that he is very bad and soon his behavior is awful, but when he accidentally does good things and is complimented, he becomes much, much nicer.