A small but effervescent overnight guest tries the patience of a curmudgeonly bear who needs absolute quiet to fall asleep.

Receiving a mischievous pet crocodile for Christmas, young Alice Jayne endeavors to keep the family newcomer out of trouble despite his inclination to eat everything, from the dinner roast to the Christmas tree.

Although he sees no need for more books to read, Bear agrees to accompany Mouse to the library.

Certain that no one has even been as sick as he is, Bear resists Mouse's efforts to cheer him and cure his cold.

The students in Ms Plum's third grade class soon learn that there is something very special about their teacher and her classroom's mysterious supply closet.

A little cloud moves through the sky among the other clouds, wishing to be big enough to make a real cloud shape before realizing that she is capable of making something different.