Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom and finally a potato in her nest. But nothing stops that Tomten until the little hedgehog hid…
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
Berlioz and his bear orchestra are playing the gala ball in the village square at eight o'clock. But a strange buzzing sound coming from inside Berlioz's double bass causes him to steer the mule-driven bandwagon of musicians into a hole in the road. Who will rescue the wagon? Readers will be surprised at the answer. "Quintessential Brett and a pleasure to behold."--Booklist. Full color.
When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals. The borders of the pages foretell the emergence of spring and the birth of kittens.
In Africa the honeyguide and the honey badger are partners: The honeyguide finds the honeycomb and the honey badger cracks it open with its strong claws. They share the sweetness, and that is the way it has always been. But this day, greedy Badger gulps down all the honey! Honeyguide is not happy. As the news spreads from animal to animal, Honeyguide hatches a plan. The next day she …
In "The Mitten", a Ukrainian folktale, a boy named Nicki loses his white-snow mitten. He can't find it in the snow...but the woodland animals do!