Robert McCloskey

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

Further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a juke box sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town.

"Bear snores on": All winter long, Bear sleeps in his cozy lair. Suprise guests stop by to warm up, brew tea, and make pop corn, all while Bear snores on. "Waiting for wings": Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers. A story of beginnings, middles and ends - eggs, caterpillars and then butterflies. "Come on, rain!": Tess knows that the only good thing that can fix the endless summer heat, is a good soaking rainstorm. When it finally comes, there...

Make Way for Ducklings: After raising her ducklings on an island on the Charles River in Boston, Mrs. Mallard leads her brood to their permanent home in the Public Garden. Time of Wonder: Simple rhythmic words that are the essence of pure poetry describe the Maine island that is the home of the author. The Doughnuts: Homer is suddenly surrounded by growing stacks of doughnuts when the doughnut machine he is tending goes berserk -- it won't shut off,...

In Curious George Rides a Bike, George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure. In Doctor De Soto, a hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain in this modern day fable. In The Biggest Bear, Johnny hunts for the biggest bear in the forest, but comes home with a little bear -- that grows and grows and grows. In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl and a little bear, picking blueberries...

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.