Paddington is just the kind of bear to volunteer for a tough job. Whether it's trying his paw at plumbing, cleaning the Browns' chimney, or visiting a marmalade factory, Paddington always manages to seek out the unexpected.

Paddington, the well-loved bear from "darkest Peru," sets off on more merry mishaps, including enrolling in school and receiving a visit from his Aunt Lucy.

Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to doand he even learns to read! This I Can Read is perfect for Level 1 beginning readers. Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff, author of Danny and the Dinosaur , is a special paper-over-board commemorative edition of celebrating the 60th Anniversary of I Can Read books for beginning readers. Eight bonus...

Paddington Bear loves to lend a paw. From taking a saw to Mr. Curry's kitchen table to extinguishing a surprise flambe, each time Paddington helps out, things tend to get messier before they improve. But with his special tool kit, his playful wits, and just a little bit of marmalade, Paddington can take any day and make it extraordinary.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

Lucie visits the laundry of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a hedgehog, and finds her lost handkerchiefs.

Paddington doesn't intentionally turn his friend's wedding into an uproar by getting the wedding ring stuck on his paw. Nor does he mean Mr Curry to slip on his marmalade sandwich in the middle of an important gold shot. But these sort of things just happen to a bear like Paddington!

Paddington the bear loses his shopping cart and has his immigration status questioned before receiving a surprise visit from his Uncle Pastuzu.

In The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, a naughty squirrel, and his many cousins sail to Owl Island on a mission to collect nuts. While obtaining permission from old Owl Brown, naughty Squirrel Nutkin disrespectfully dances around, singing a nonsensical song. As the collecting continues, Squirrel Nutkin's naughty antics only increase. Will old Owl Brown notice? The second of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations,...

A squirrel who has fallen into a hole in a tree containing his winter store of nuts, eats too many and connot squeeze out.