Nancy Tafuri

Squirrel is too busy getting ready for winter to nibble a pumpkin with Mouse, run in the field with Dog, or otherwise play with any of the other animals. The leaves have started to fall. The air is cold. Squirrel needs to get ready for winter. He cannot nibble with the mice. He does not have time to hop with the frogs or run with the dogs. But there is one thing he can do!

Various animals welcome a new baby born in a stable with their special sounds, but the donkey is afraid that his braying will be too harsh.

Questions and answers highlight some outstanding characteristics of farm animals, such as a chicken's feathers and a horse's mane.

A farmer's kiss causes an amusing chain of events on the farm.

Ten animals find shelter in a hill hollow one by one, but when the storm is over, a rumbling tells them there is still danger afoot.

Mama animals tell their little ones all the ways they are loved, forever and always.

Rhyming text provides a descriptive word for each month of the year and takes a country family through the changes and surprises of the year's cycle.

A child counts the days to Christmas, from one to twenty-five, preparing a surprise for the woodland animals as she waits.

The Little Bears explore their forest home but never stray too far from their Mama.

The movements and actions of a family camping in the woods cause the forest creatures to also move, scurry, and make noise.