Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Once upon a blue moose, there was a little restaurant at the edge of the big woods. Mr. Breton was happy running the restaurant. He liked to cook, but he didn't like it much when winter came and the north wind blew and froze everything solid.
Then one day a blue moose, who also didn't like the cold, came to his door and asked to come in. Mr. Breton said sure, and served the moose some clam chowder. The moose liked the soup, and decided to stay.

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A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

Siblings Nick and Maxine are thrilled to stay with Mrs. Noodlekugel and her husband, seafaring Captain Noodlekugel, while their parents are on an overnight trip, but they get more than they bargained for when Captain Noodlekugel's pet bear goes missing and Nick and Maxine have to find it.

A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.

After he eats an eighth of a ton of ice cream at Cohen's Cones, Larry the polar bear happily becomes the spokesbear for the Iceberg Ice-Cream Company under the slogan, "I do not feel sick."

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 266-pound chicken.

Third grade improves dramatically for a boy after he makes up his mind to win the upcoming yo-yo tournament.

On the longest night of the year, a family of wolves takes a run through the woods to see the unusual sight of a human family's Christmas celebration.

Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears, enjoy themselves so much when Larry comes to visit them that the next time they escape from the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey, they decide to pay a visit themselves.

A young girl and Larry, the polar bear who lives in her father's hotel, enjoy each other's company and, on an outing to the zoo, they discover Larry's brother Roy.