A group of costumed mice are frolicking in the pumpkin patch when they hear the swish, swish of a creeping cat. Off they run, but they don't just turn tail. Using a light and a mask, they throw a shadow that frightens away the cat for good. Simple sentences and lots of onomatopoeia make the text as appealing as the energetic watercolor-and-pen artwork. A fun read for Halloween story hours

Gil the ant mistakenly believes that all of his friends have forgotten his birthday.

Gossie is a gosling who likes to wear bright red boots every day, no matter what she is doing, and so she is heartbroken the day the boots are missing and she can't find them anywhere.

"The Holiday Mice are going on an egg hunt. Oh no! The littlest mouse is not finding any eggs...until he stumbles and tumbles upon a very special egg. Will it turn out to [be] the best one of all?"--Page 4 of cover.

BooBoo the gosling likes to eat from morning until night and thinks everything is "good food"--Well, almost everything!

On Christmas Eve, Ollie and the other goslings anxiously await the arrival of Father Christmas Goose.

George finds an unusual set of tracks that look like dinosaur footprints--which would make the perfect photo for Nature Week!

Ollie watches the other goslings dye and hide eggs for the Easter hunt, but no one can find the eggs when Ollie decides that they are all for him.

Quack, a duck, decides to stay with his friend Woof, a dog, rather than fly south for the winter, with unexpected results.