When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

Little Quack and his siblings look for a place to hide during a game with Mama, but Little Quack can't think of a good enough spot. Readers can learn to count as they watch each duckling hide and then be found again.