Riddell, Chris

Ben invites a bear home for tea, and the two have a fun-filled afternoon.

Ottoline and Mr. Munroe, her helpful companion, enroll in the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted and while Ottoline worries that she may not have a special gift, Mr. Munro worries about the ghost said to haunt the school.

A little girl describes the various problems with elephants, but decides the real trouble with elephants is that you can't help but love them.

When Jack Frost brings gray winter to a forest where it has always been summer, a young girl brings sunlight back by engaging Mr. Frost in a vigorous Bear Dance.

A little girl describes the various problems with elephants, but decides the real trouble with elephants is that you can't help but love them.

Platypus and his friend Echidna have a birthday party for Bruce, a toy platypus.

A collection of illustrations by cartoonist Chris Riddell that poke fun at popular contemporary and classic works of literature.

Platypus thinks he has found the perfect curly shell for his collection, but it keeps disappearing.

Rat, Goat, Snake, and other animal acquaintances get into an argumentative frenzy over what is the latest fashion in clothing.

Platypus's lucky day does not turn out exactly the way he thought it would.