Margaret Mahy

Children make terrible pets: Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming little boy in the forest. When she brings him home, her mother cautions her "children make terrible pets." Can Lucy prove her wrong? I want my hat back: Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question. The three-legged cat: Mrs. Gimble's peg-leg cat, Tom, is taken for...