Short stories about little bear, who wears new clothes, makes birthday soup, pretends to go to the moon, and can't sleep because he's busy making wishes.

Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.

"One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is very sad--until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even when she is far away!"--P. [4] of cover.

A lost albatross has trouble finding someone who can direct him to the ocean.

Little Bear enjoys a visit with his grandparents. Mrs. Minarik is at her superb best in depicting the charming childlikeness of Little Bear's delight in visiting his grandparents. Little Bear and his parents are familiar to almost all beginning readers. And now they will meet Grandmother and Grandfather Bear, whom they are sure to love as much as Little Bear does.

Greg gets a microscope and has a fascinating time looking at sugar and salt crystals, thread, hairs, and cells.

When Mildred the cat disappears, the whole gang become private eyes and set out to solve the case.

Private eyes, Wizard, Tubby, Skinny and Snitch solve another neighborhood mystery when they match wits with an invisible doorbell ringer.

After Freddy is pushed into deep water by a couple of toughs, he decides to learn to swim.