Each letter of the alphabet is represented by the name of a bear, whose special qualities are described in rhyme.

Spending a day outdoors, Anna revels in the joys of sun, sky, grass, flowers, berries, frogs, ants, and beetles.

A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts.

Follows the humorous mishaps of a second grader who is learning to read.

Jesse Bear is admonished not to get wet under a variety of tantalizing circumstances, until finally he receives permission in his own wading pool

When the discouraged hunter falls asleep, the forest animals play a trick on him.

Engaged in a long-running battle, the Yooks and the Zooks develop more and more sophisticated weaponry as they attempt to outdo each other. A sop

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.