Carlstrom, Nancy White

Rhymed text and illustrations describe Jesse Bear's activities from morning to bedtime.

On a trip to an amusement park, Jesse Bear counts things from one silly (giggle) to ten rocks, counting on up to twenty at the end of the book.

When her best friend, an old lady named Miss Lilly, passes away, Sara learns that the memory of a loved one never dies.

Jesse Bear is admonished not to get wet under a variety of tantalizing circumstances, until finally he receives permission in his own wading pool.

A child says goodnight to the natural world and all those that occupy it.