William Pène du Bois

Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.

Mother Goose and Goosey Gander are kidnapped by strangers the day before Christmas. Will Tommy Tucker's plan to rescue them succeed?

Follows the lives of Billy and his stuffed bear companion, from childhood to old age.

William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.

Bertha thought that she was Judy's best friend and was jealous when Judy played with other kids.

A small girl is involved in the excitement, turmoil, and sadness of moving from one house to another and keeps her toy bear close for reassurance.