Although he has fun pretending that a laundry basket is a boat and an empty box is an airplane or a train, Baby Bear discovers that the best rides are the ones given by Grandbear.

A collection of traditional action rhymes, counting rhymes, and songs featuring Baby Bear and his friends.

When a shy boy who is dependent on his blanket awakes one night to find it gone, he pursues the wicked thief to his lair, where he frees many other blankets, teddies, and toys and becomes a hero.

A bored boy's world is suddenly populated by three house-building pigs, a girl wearing a red hood, and other familiar nursery characters.