Short stories about little bear, who wears new clothes, makes birthday soup, pretends to go to the moon, and can't sleep because he's busy making wishes.

Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.

"One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is very sad--until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even when she is far away!"--P. [4] of cover.

A lost albatross has trouble finding someone who can direct him to the ocean.

Little Bear enjoys a visit with his grandparents. Mrs. Minarik is at her superb best in depicting the charming childlikeness of Little Bear's delight in visiting his grandparents. Little Bear and his parents are familiar to almost all beginning readers. And now they will meet Grandmother and Grandfather Bear, whom they are sure to love as much as Little Bear does.

Preparing for the arrival of an important visitor, a wacky housekeeper follows her employer's instructions with humorous results.

When his parents go out hunting, Johnny Lion stays home and reads his book, about another little lion who goes out into the world and gets lost.

Little Bear's thank-you kiss from grandmother gets passed on to him by many animals and greatly aids the skunks' romance.

An easy-to-read account of Sam and his father fighting as minutemen against the British in the Battle of Lexington.