A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

Bunny, the purple rabbit, is being loud. His friend Big, the blue bear, keeps asking him to be quiet, but nothing works. Bunny continues to be loud on the bus, at plays, and even at the library, before Big asks readers for help by encouraging better choices.

Excited that spring has finally arrived, Mole tries--unsuccessfully--to wake up Bear, but then he comes up with the perfect plan.

A grizzly bear searches for the perfect place to hibernate.

Too excited to hibernate through his first winter, a bear cub tries to find spring.

When Muffin, a cat, hears a suspicious noise at the Little Bear Bakery, his investigation reveals a hungry bear cub.

Simple, rhyming text describes various characteristics of bears, which can be happy or sad, bored or glad, and sometimes just silly.

Big Brown Bear is visited by a rat who wants to use one of his slippers for a bed.

After a pair of ducks from Farmer Ben's place follow them home, the Berenstain Bears find themselves preparing for the arrival of a group of ducklings.

A shy bird wants to become friends with a bear, but the bear already has a friend--a big, red balloon.