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!

When Farmer Gray goes away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck get together and paint their black and white farm.

A sea lion follows a wandering crab to an entire colony of crabs and then returns to its fellow sea lions.

Forest animals come out after a fresh snow to eat the seeds a thoughtful child has scattered on the ground.

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

A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

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.