Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.

A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.

A dog and a wolf help each other in time of need in this Ukrainian tale explaining why dogs and wolves are forever friends.

Villagers take in a flock of golden birds nearly frozen by an early snow and are rewarded with beautifully decorated eggs the next spring.

A rooster named Ku-ku-ri-ku finds some wheat and shows it to his friends, two mice named Twist and Turn. The friends think it would make excellent pyrizhky buns, but it requires a lot of work. Ku-ku-ri-ku removes the grain from the wheat, turns the grain into flour, and prepares the pyrishky buns. When the buns are ready to eat, Twist and Turn learn an important lesson about doing their fair share of work. Includes writing prompts, discussion questions,...

Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.