Peter Barrett

A little bear's first swim almost becomes a disaster when a strong current sweeps her away from the shore.

A bedraggled orphaned kitten is nursed back to health on a Yorkshire farm and when he recovers turns out to have a very unusual idea about the identity of his mother.

Brief descriptions of twenty-four unusual birds, including the roseate spoonbill, quetzal, flamingo, toucan, and ostrich.

A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten, " "The Market Square Dog, " and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb."