Big Fluffy Bear insists that Big Smelly Bear visit the pond for a bath before she will scratch the itch he cannot reach.

Jim Henson's popular children's television show "Bear in the Big Blue House" comes to life as readers are treated to a colorful and scent-sational tour of Bear's home.

An environmental fable that illustrates the awesome power of a hug.

Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family -- four children (including the baby) and their father. They're not scared. With them you will cross a field of tall, wavy grass ("Swishy swashy "), wade through a deep, cold river ("Splash splosh "), struggle through swampy mud ("Squelch squerch "), find your way through a big, dark forest ("Stumble trip "), fight through a whirling snowstorm ("Hoooo woooo "), and enter a narrow, gloomy cave. WHAT'S THAT? You'll soon learn just what to do to escape from a big, furry bear With tremendous pace, humor, and verve, Michael Rosen has retold a favorite tractional story. The pictures by Helen Oxenbury, one of the most widely loved contemporary artists, are full of masterly characterizations, delightful comedy, and high drama, set in lovely sweeping landscapes. This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. It is a picture book on the grand scale.

Bear's big bottom gets him into trouble with his friends, but when his friends get into trouble with Fox, it is Bear and his big bottom to the rescue.

The Very Cranky Bear has an itch to scratch! The first time we met Bear, his cave was invaded by four playful animals, and this made him cranky. In The Very Itchy Bear there is just one creature bothering him -- a persistent flea -- and it's it's making him very itchy! Bear runs over land and sea to escape the affections of this energetic insect, but Flea won't won't let him go -- he just wants to keep saying hello! . When Bear does successfully get rid of Flea, he finds that he . . . misses him? A beautiful and improbable new friendship is born!

Timid Little Mouse and mysterious Big Hungry Bear share a Christmas surprise.

"The world is a big and noisy place, filled with wonderful things to do, see, and hear. This book shows them all, from an airport, a train station, and a shopping mall, to school and a swimming pool, [focusing on the many different jobs it takes to keep the world moving]"--Amazon.com.

Thrown out into the snow on Christmas Day, the smelly sprout comes up against a terribly rude Christmas tree, an awfully impolite snowman and, worst of all, a greedy fox. This is the charming story of a little sprout who just wants a home for Christmas.

A lonely cat finds a friend one night during a rainstorm as a kitten finds shelter between the cat's paws.