Geraldine can't wait for the snow to come so that she can coast down the hill on her sled.

Pearl's birthday skates have a single blade and learning to use them is harder than she expects. Pearl has new skates. They are real skates (not double runners), and she can't wait to try them. Pearl inches out onto the frozen pond. But instead of twirling, she topples. Instead of spinning, she falls -- splaaat! Pearl has new skates. They are shiny white with red tassels, and she loves them. Will Pearl ever skate in real life the way she skates in...

Geraldine the pig has her heart set on getting a really big Christmas tree--no matter what.

Mouse hears a rumor that snakes do not like mice and while trying to avoid his former friend, Snake, he falls into a hole from which neither Hedgehog, Squirrel, nor Rabbit can help him out.

Geraldine resents all the attention her baby brother gets, until she spends some time with him.

When Caruso, a little bird who is afraid to fly, is blown out of his home one windy night, he must rely on a new friend, a dog named Sophie, to take him back to his parents.

Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things.

Describes snow's physical qualities and how quantities of it can be fun as well as dangerous.

Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked.

Explains how sounds are made and the purposes they serve for both humans and other animals.