Szekeres, Cyndy

Baby Bear watches everyone racing off to somewhere and then discovers it's a surprise for him.

Jack the bunny builds a wonderful snowmouse, decorating it with his own ragged hat and scarf, which he is able to leave on the snowmouse when his mother surprises him with a new hat and scarf.

Toby dresses up in brightly colored clothes for his birthday.

Toby the mouse finds that the best holiday gifts are hugs and kisses to show his love.

Toby goes for a walk and relates the things he sees to the letters of the alphabet.

A collection of short poems by such writers as Margaret Wise Brown, Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, and Marchette Chute, all illustrated with rabbits, mice, cats, bears, and other animals.

Eight little stories in which animal friends play, move, get lost, and do things all children do.

Virginia O'Hanlon, a young cat, questions a major New York newspaper about the existence of Santa Claus and she receives an answer from the paper's editor that reaffirms the spirit of Christmas.