Lonely without friends her age to play with, Sister Bear is delighted when a new little girl cub moves into the house down the road.

Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.

Every night a little girl waits by her window for her friend the dinosaur, and when he comes, they play in the woods all night until the sun comes up.

The widow McDowell and her seven-year-old son Thomas ask the gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve the figures for a Christmas creche.

In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to "love with all her heart, " makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears.

Relates several episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.

Judy Moody's new friendship with Amy Namey causes problems with her old friends and the school project they are working on together.

Four best friends, One, Two, Three and Four all live in a house that is a home. They live happily, all together, until One decides he wants to become a pirate. Two wants to move to the mountains, Three prefers exploring caves and Four thinks it would be a great idea to move to the city and boogie-woogie all night long! The friends can't agree on where they should go, so they go their separate ways and take different parts of the house with them. Soon...

Nancy is delighted that the new boy in her class is from Paris and sets out to become his friend, then discovers that this Parisian is not quite as fancy as she had thought.