David M McPhail

A young boy who has trouble reading helps Santa with his yearly rounds and receives a special Christmas present.

A retired toad who wants more than anything to ride a motorcycle surprisingly wins a cross-country race the first time he does.

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.

None of the animals in the forest will play with a little bear because he is always growling--until they come to understand that he only growls because he has not learned to talk yet.