It is when the fix-it man is trying to repair the television and her parents are trying to entertain her that Emma becomes so interested in reading, she no longer cares about TV.

Jack, the rabbit, tries to make his friend Rick, a sick bear, feel better.

Rat's car fills up with water when it rains, but his friend Big Brown Bear comes to the rescue.

Big Brown Bear is visited by a rat who wants to use one of his slippers for a bed.

A bear explains how he became an artist, first experimenting with simple drawings, then continuing to draw both things around him and things in his imagination. Includes tips for drawing.

A boy and a bear find a Star Baby in their back yard and try to fix its spaceship so that it can return to its mother.

Henry Bear plans to search for his father, who left a park in Henry's care when he went off in a hot air balloon.

An excited Bear mistakenly believes that Rat has given him a boat for his birthday.

"In four short tales, Baby Bear discovers treasures both small and large, from a delicate flower to a brand new friend"--

Despite their different sizes, a boy, a bear, and a bug enjoy themselves as they go to school, take a ride in a wagon, fly a kite, and paint a picture.