Karma Wilson

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.

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

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

For Little Pip, the baby penguin, home is a pebbly nest on the cold Antarctic shore. Mama and Papa always reminds Pip not to wander far, and she never does...until one day a black, glittery feather leads Pip on a chase far, far from home. As she tries to find her way back to her parents, Pip encounters some friendly animals, a mighty blue whale, a gull, and even a sled dog. But while these animals know where their home is, they do not know where Pip's...

The other animals at school make fun of Sweet Briar because she is a skunk and has a strong smell, until she uses her scent to chase away a hungry wolf.

As friends Bear and Mouse share a day together, Bear counts various objects, from one to five, and the reader is invited to do the same.

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

A little girl imagines being a princess, with her stuffed animals serving as royal subjects.

Hilda Hippo tries other, quieter, activities when her jungle friends are disturbed by her dancing, but nothing else makes her happy until Water Buffalo suggests swimming and she finds a new way to express herself.

A collection of eighteen short poems celebrating love and friendship between animals, from cats and sheep to giraffes and crocodiles.