At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Based on a true story.

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.

In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.

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.

Mouse and Minka experience the delights of nature on a windy autumn day.

"From butterflies and moths to crickets and cicadas, a rhyming exploration of backyard-bug behavior." --

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

Beginning with a bug, various objects are revealed as being big and small in comparison with other objects on a farm under the big, big sky. --

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

"A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons." --