Jill Barton

When one small mouse finds one big cupcake, he wonders how he will get it home because it's much too heavy for him to carry; one by one, Little Mouse asks his animal friends to help and they all agree, but only after taking a nibble of the yummy treat.

Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.

When Baby Duck is not sure she is ready to get into the pool with the swim team, her grandfather encourages her.

Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.