Lillian Hoban

Identical twins, Albert and Arabella, save their fellow raccoons from the wrath of the skunks and possums when a critical situation develops over opening garbage cans.

Arthur the chimpanzee, after worrying that his Halloween costume won't be scary enough, wins a prize for the most original costume in the school.

Arthur decides to sell his old toys but is reluctant to part with his old bear.

Silly Tilly Mole is so forgetful and silly on Easter morning that she cannot find her bonnet and fails to let the Easter Bunny into the house.

Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy.

Thomas is delighted to draw Gretchen's name to be the recipient of his valentine at school, but then he worries that she does not like him.

A wind-up toy mouse and his child, broken and then mended, set out to find the animals and doll house with which they were in the toy shop. Along the way, they make enemies with a dump rat and have many adventures.

Encouraged by his gregarious sister and his trusty Superman cape, five-year-old Teddy takes his first steps toward independence.

When Albert and his buddies have a "no girls" baseball game, Frances and her sister organize a "Best Friends Outing -- No Boys."

Seven-year-old Russell and his three-year-old sister Elisa have adventures with friends and family in their apartment building.