David McPhail

Three friends learn, love, and play together.

An excited Bear mistakenly believes that Rat has given him a boat for his birthday.

Andrew's scribbles with a crayon he found become better and better until he is making drawings so realistic that they come right off the page.

Rat's car fills up with water when it rains, but his friend Big Brown Bear comes to the rescue.

Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.

A mother tells her baby how she would care for it if it were a bunny, a kitten, or other animal infant; she then sings a lullaby about each baby animal. Includes instructions to reader to sing each lullaby to a well-known tune.

A brother and sister find that when they use their imagination mud can become cake and they themselves can become almost anything.

Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden almost gets caught.