Bumbling Papa Bear tries to help the Bear Scouts earn their merit badges in hiking.

When a tiny snail meets a humpback whale, the two travel together to far-off lands. It's a dream come true for the snail, who has never left home before. But when the whale swims too close to shore, will the snail be able to save her new friend?

In this take-off on the familiar nursery rhyme, black sheep graciously offers bag after bag of wool to Miss, who handcrafts mittens, a tea cosy, and more for her friends, then produces a sweater for the shivering sheep when all the wool is gone. Includes music for piano and guitar.

"A child finds that learning to have self control is hard, but it can also be fun."--Title page verso.

Follows, in rhyming text and illustrations, the activities of a variety of animal mothers as they care for their babies.

Sleepy letters of the alphabet get ready for bed.

A large spotted animal discovers that he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.

Rhyming text assures foals that their mothers are watching over them while they leap on a farm, frolic on a beach, gallop on a plain, and sleep in a stall.

Papa Bear's attempt to scare a band of young campers by telling them about ghosts in the woods comes to an unexpected conclusion with a double ghost lesson.

Sister Bear, Brother Bear, Cousin Fred, and his hound Snuff search for the thief who stole Papa Bear's blackberry honey.