Barbara DeRubertis

Max the Rat steals Patty Cat's bat.

Pablo demonstrates how good he is at counting while helping his grandmother, his "abuela," prepare to sell vegetables at the market.

Bitty Fish is not happy at all with the choice of container Kim wants to put Bitty in.

While pondering how to buy her mother a birthday present with no money, Deena find a penny and follows a process of discovery about how pennies add up to nickels, which add up to dimes, all the way up to four quarters making a dollar.

Corky Cub is sad when Connie Cougar moves away, so teacher Alpha Betty suggests a project to help him make new friends.

Bobby Baboon brings bananas to give to his classmates at Alpha Betty's school, and, with the help of some friends, he figures out that he can share the extras.

When Hanna Hippo gets hiccups on her way to enjoy some hot huckleberry muffins after school, her friends Homer Hog and Hilda Hen try to help.

Izzy Impala invents a series of impossible illnesses in order to spend more time with her grandfather, a busy doctor who knows just what to prescribe.