Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

Little Pip is having a hard time waiting for Christmas and keeps waking up Daddy Grizzle really early.

Publisher Annotation: When a squirrel enters a cave looking for his lost ball, he hopes he will never ever meet a bear... a book about what can happen when you face your fears.

"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"--

Oso, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.

One cold day, Thomas builds a cave of pillows and blankets where he can read, but when he goes to get a flashlight, a young "bear" goes inside and nothing Thomas does discourages the bear from being near him.

When a boy loses his beloved blanket and bear, they travel a great distance to make their way back to him.

Publisher Annotation: When Nelly asks Bear what kind of bear he is, he isn't entirely sure how to answer. So off he goes to find out. But none of the different bears he meets on his travels are like him. Grizzly bears don?t have stitching; polar bears don?t have tags attached to their bottoms; spectacled bears are not as soft and bouncy as Bear is; and sun bears never wear bow ties. Disheartened, he returns to Nelly...only to discover what kind of...

Celebrate Corduroy's 50th anniversary with the reissue of this delightful leveled reader! Lisa is learning how powerful letters can be. When she wants the bakery to add more sprinkles to the cookies they sell, she writes a letter to the baker, and he adds more. But when she wants to contact the movie theater owner about a problem, she thinks he's too important and won't respond. Can Corduroy help his friend with her good deed?