gifts

Little Critter runs into difficulties while trying to find or make the perfect present to show his appreciation for his teacher, Miss Kitty.

Thing-Thing, a stuffed animal of an unidentifiable species, is given as a gift to the very spoiled Archibald Crimp who promptly throws it out the sixth floor window of the Excelsior Hotel, and the falling creature inspires random thoughts in the people who see it as it passes, while Thing-Thing hopes only to land in loving arms.

Lori the lorikeet wants to give her grandmother a present, but after dropping her beautiful red berry into the river, she and her friends must try to retrieve the berry or find another gift.

During the last week of school, the students in Mrs. Hartwell's class try to come up with the perfect present for their teacher.

Despite the criticism of others, a bear finds the perfect gift for his mouse friend.

Mole has not seen his friend Rabbit for days because it has been raining, and when he decides to tunnel to her home, he accidentally meets Squirrel and Hedgehog, who would like to visit her, as well.

A girl hopes her tooth will fall out so that she can have money to buy her father a birthday present. Includes index of Spanish words and phrases used in text.

Day after day in the frozen north, a young Inuit girl catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo, until the ice begins to melt and she drops in a gift of her own before leaving for the season.

"Kay Lamity, Trisha and Richie's new housekeeper, shows them how special it is to give Christmas gifts that come from the heart"--Provided by publisher.

"In this celebration of the joy of giving, one snowy Christmas Eve, a king buys some soft, red cloth to make the perfect Christmas gift for his daughter. Little does he know that the left-over cloth will be used to make presents for many more of the kingdom's inhabitants, right down to the last teeny bit of cloth which is made into a scarf just right for a mouse"--Provided by publisher.