A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the result of a winter of work.

"Brian Amador's narration and Spanish intonations add authenticity to the tale and bring the setting and the characters to life. ....Listeners will be drawn into the story."-School Library Journal

Andrew and his family are excited when a photographer comes to take a picture of their dancing bear, but then Bearly can't be found.

Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

A young Native American boy sets out to hunt on Manhattan Island and discovers some strange people with white faces and very different ideas about land.

When two new hippos arrive at the river bank and proceed to do many things differently from everyone else, the community is standoffish until they see that maybe different might even be better.

A little boy overcomes his fear of thunder to comfort his pet rabbit.

After running away from a cruel master, a dog finds she must seek the company of humans again when her puppy is hurt.

Franny and her friends go outside for a picnic one day, but when they are ready to return home, they discover that Little Heddy and Itty Bitty Kitty are missing.

When the TV repariman can't find anything wrong with Boris's TV, he tells Boris to get glasses. Boris is amazed at the difference his glasses make, but finds he also likes the fuzzy way the world looks without them. Fortunately, he can view the world both ways.