Valeri Gorbachev

Doctor Nice spends a busy morning helping his patients with various winter ailments, including Moose, who caught cold after falling through the ice, and the goat kids, who have headaches from head-butting while playing hockey.

Molly Mouse and her friends struggle to come up with ideas for birthday gifts for their friend Turtle.

A pig and various other animals crowd under a tree to escape the rain.

Although they disagree about Bootsy the cat's individual talents, a brother and sister do agree that he's a very special pet.

Despite their differences, Heron and Turtle are very good neighbors and friends.

Nicky the rabbit has a bad dream about being chased by lots of hungry wolves, but his mother has a solution to his distress.

"When two little chicks go to the playground for the very first time, everything looks scary -- the seesaw, the merry-go-round, the swings, even the slide. But it takes just one slide down to turn two frightened little chicks into two brave little chicks"--P. [4] of cover.

Catty Jane was born to dance. When she's old enough, she enrolls at Mrs. Herron's Dance Academy where she learns that ballet takes a lot of practice. On her way home from class, the kitten meets Froggy, who shows her his vaulting and somersaulting moves. It doesn't look anything like ballet and Catty Jane tells him so. The two pals sit in angry silence until friends come along and suggest a dance party. Catty Jane wants nothing to do with that kind...

A young rabbit uses quite a lot of imagination when he creates a picture for his mother's birthday.

The animals in the forest are playing hide-and-seek, but there's one animal that can't be found. Where oh where has bear gone?