Suggests that when mother and father go away they will return by depicting everyday experiences of parent-child separation which always result in a happy reunion.

Auntie tries everything she can think of to make the baby smile.

Arriving in a town where the food has been hidden, hungry soldiers set about making a soup of water and stones while the villagers watch.

Every Christmas Peter's father plays the drum in the traditional colindat - as singers and musicians carol through the village from house to house. But this year, Peter's father is gone - working in the city - and who will take his place? Peter has promised that he would, but now it's wonders how he'll ever be able to fill his father's shoes.

Two young bears are delighted to see that deep white snow has come down during the night, because now they can go out and play in it.

Describes the origins and traditions of Passover, in particular the special meal called the Seder.

Corduroy longs for someone to take him home, but he searches for his missing button around the department store first. When the zookeeper leaves the door open, the happy lion decides to walk through town to visit his friends. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business. A mother's love and a baby's smile bond the two together. Silly Auntie will try anything to get Baby to smile. Two owls discover...