Valeri Gorbachev

"Chipmunk and Bear spend a snowy day together and discover that they like to do all of the same things"--

When someone's hat blows off in the wind, Turtle asks various animals if it belongs to one of them.

Mouse frightens all of the animals she sees by shouting that a dragon is going to eat the sun, and then come after them.

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.

When Christopher Rabbit learns to count in school, he enjoys it so much that he counts everything in sight, including how many baskets his friends make when they play basketball and how many peas and carrots are on his plate.

Ms. Turtle babysits for three little frogs when their parents go out for the evening.

A simple question leads to the description of a more and more outlandish situation, but never really gives an answer.

As Turtle rushes through town, in a hurry to see something "red, red, red," his neighbors wonder what it could be and hurry after him to find out.

When Pig plans a trip, his friend Goat thinks of how dangerous it could be.

"Sister Duck and Brother Duck are lost, so all of the animals use their biggest hoots, bellows, howls, and growls to summon Mama and Papa"--