Kraus, Robert

The first one to awake, Milton the Panda tries hard to wake all the other animals but to no avail.

Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.

Herman the helpful octopus is always willing to assist anyone who needs his help--old or young, friend or enemy.

With the help of his friends, Spider comes up with such a good disguise for Halloween that he impresses the neighborhood and saves himself and his friends from bullies.

When new student Klunky Monkey's constant sharing of his bananas makes all the animals in school grow chunky like him, Miss Gator begins a shape-up program for everyone.

All the animal students in Miss Gator's school try to help Tardy Toad break his habit of always being late to school, but their attempts have a disastrous result.

Ella the elephant, the worst speller in Miss Gator's schoolhouse, works very hard with the help of the other animals to improve her spelling.

Buggy Bear, who never takes a bath or washes his clothes, alienates the other animals in Miss Gator's school, until he falls in love with a classmate and decides to change his ways.

Wise Old Owl, who plans to spend Halloween writing his mystery story, finds himself involved in a real mystery when his typewriter disappears.

A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together.