A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous ... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

After playing in the mud, infants and toddlers take baths and comb their hair.

A baby learns some words through his eyes.

Tom likes his father to read to him and his toy monkey, Pippo, but when his father gets tired Tom "reads" to Pippo himself.

A group of toddlers have a fun time playing together.

Baby plays with blocks, wagon, pot, box, book, teddy, and ball. On heavy board pages.

Mommy takes Tom and his toy monkey Pippo on a shopping trip.