Valeri Gorbachev

When Goat finds his friend Pig crying, he imagines all the terrible things that might have happened to cause his distress.

As Turtle rushes through town, in a hurry to see something "red, red, red," his neighbors wonder what it could be and hurry after him to find out.

Molly buys so many balloons for all her animal friends at the fair, she gets carried away into the air.

Molly Mouse and her friends struggle to come up with ideas for birthday gifts for their friend Turtle.

Catty Jane was born to dance. When she's old enough, she enrolls at Mrs. Herron's Dance Academy where she learns that ballet takes a lot of practice. On her way home from class, the kitten meets Froggy, who shows her his vaulting and somersaulting moves. It doesn't look anything like ballet and Catty Jane tells him so. The two pals sit in angry silence until friends come along and suggest a dance party. Catty Jane wants nothing to do with that kind...

"Chipmunk and Bear spend a snowy day together and discover that they like to do all of the same things."-- Provided by publisher.

When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.

A compilation of folktales from twenty different cultures, each of which contains elements suited to storytelling for young children.