Valeri Gorbachev

While Bear enjoys a day at the beach, Chipmunk, who is not a beach person, does not, suffering one mishap after another all in the interests of spending time with his good friend Bear.

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

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.

Little Elephant finally makes some friends, but he has trouble playing with them because of his size.

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

Although they disagree about Bootsy the cat's individual talents, a brother and sister do agree that he is a very special pet.

Nelly loves to wear her swimsuit but the thought of swimming scares her, that is until Grandma, who just so happens to be a swimming champion, helps Nelly realize she has nothing to fear.

A little boy tries hard to be quiet while his little brother takes a nap.

When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.