The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format.

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.

One night a puppy, who is always late coming home, finds there is no dessert for him.

When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

Minnie the monkey is too busy eating spaghetti--all day, in all ways--to play with her friend Freddie.

Lists in rhyme the dwellings of various animals and things.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly -- Adapted from publisher.

Text and illustrations introduce animals with fur or hair who nurse their young, breathe fresh air, and except for two species give birth to their young alive instead of laying eggs.

During a game of hide-and-seek, Moon hides behind a cloud, leaving Bear worried his friend is lost.