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Ed loves his egg and is not at all sure that he wants to leave it, but when he finally gives it up he discovers that there is something better.

As Bear watches for the last leaf of autumn to fall, he is joined by other animals who do not know why the leaf is so special to him.

Rex is embarrassed when his mother insists he take his little sister to the swamp where his friends are playing, but when he tells her to "get lost" he soon regrets his behavior.

Josh, who does not like noise, is continually interrupted in his quiet play by eleven noisy brothers and sisters, but one day there is a strange new sound which only he is brave enough to investigate.

When Pip the mouse learns that the moon is made of stinky cheese, he has a big idea – he's going to be an Astromouse! Pip makes himself a rocket out of an old funnel and some cardboard, and prepares for take-off. But blasting to the moon is harder than he thought and things don't go quite to plan. On his way home Pip sees a huge reflection of the moon in a pond. The moon has come to him! As he reaches down to break off a piece of stinky cheese,...

Shy little Danny the duck goes in search of his missing quack, only to find that it takes two tricky foxes to solve the problem.

Rocco the rabbit vies with the other toy animals to see which of them is most suited for space travel.

In cold, snowy Greenland, a little girl and her baby brother go ice fishing when their mother is sick, and when they get lost in a blizzard on the way home they find protection from an unexpected source.

Alfie the polar bear loves to do the Polar Bear Paddle, but although his brothers tell him he is too old for the baby pool they are too busy to teach him how to swim in the sea and he must turn to Diving Bird and Seal for help.

Archie is jealous because his big brother Oliver has returned from a party with a party bag full of goodies, including a wonderful silver windmill. When Mum suggests that Archie gather his own bag of treasures, he sets about collecting enthusiastically; first a shiny conker, then a red leaf, some juicy blackberries, some teasels and, best of all, a beautiful glass marble. But then a magpie spies the glittering marble and steals Archie's bag. Who will...