Bruce is a grumpy bear who likes no one and nothing but cooked eggs, but when some eggs he was planning to boil hatch and the goslings believe he is their mother, he must try to make the best of the situation.

Three goslings named Gertie, Gossie, and Ollie have fun stomping around in their bright rubber boots.

BooBoo the gosling likes to eat from morning until night and thinks everything is "good food"--well, almost everything!

Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.

An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind

"Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn't. He doesn't see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they're happy right where they are? But then Goose sees the ocean and loves it. Who doesn't? Well, Duck, for one"--

One day, Duck decides to try riding a bike. As he rides past all the farm animals, everyone has different thoughts about Duck's idea. Each animal's thoughts, in expressions from boredom to envy, are perfectly illustrated.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of a variety of waterfowl species. Includes ducks, geese, and swans.