Karma Wilson

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

Bear thanks his friends for bringing food dishes to his dinner party and finds a way of sharing something of his own.

While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.

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.

A homeowner remembers visits from all the animals whose tracks, feathers, and other traces are visible--except for the moose whose prints are everywhere.

"A big bear and a small mouse discover all of the opposites between their animal friends"--

Just as Lewis the mouse is settling into his near-perfect home for the winter, still wondering what is missing, he hears noises and must roar to scare away whatever horrid creature is scratching and tapping at his tree.

Egged on by a ground squirrel, a dog named Doug digs miles underground--taking a detour through the White House--until he returns home, goes to bed, and dreams of digging some more.

If I were a mouse, just as small as could be, I would make my house in a hole in a tree…A child imagines what fantastic adventures might unfold if he were one of God's many amazing animals, but ultimately finds comfort and joy in being created a child of God with the blessed gift of imagination.