Suzanne Bloom

Eagerly awaiting the bus on her first day of school, Tess learns the names of different vehicles from her older friend, Gus.

As the students at school become more, rude and rowdy, their hands turn into hooves and their noses turn into snouts! The Pig Lady is called in and recognizes the problem. With her help, the children begin to recall and recite proper manners.

When a studious polar bear meets an inquisitive goose, they learn to be friends.

Fox is curious when she sees her friends, Goose and Bear, making presents and hopes that one of them might be for her, but then she worries that they might not be making anything for her and decides to make her own gifts for Goose and Bear.

Goose, bear, and fox are friends through thick and thin.

Bear worries when Fox forgets to deliver Goose's message that she will be right back.

Baby and friends are busy in the garden making lunch that includes puddle-water soup, mud pie, and dandelion-and-dirt dessert. To whom will they feed this lunch?

Ms. Taffy has just won a pig. Her pig isn't ceramic but a real piglet. Now Ms. Taffy is faced with a problem. Can a pig live happily in the city? With some help from her neighbors, Ms. Taffy sets out to answer this question.

Known for her lovely hair, Melissa wants to be seen as beautiful for something other than her appearance.