Ivan Bates Books

"Elephants are big -- and the biggest and most important of all is Grandma. She's in charge!"--Page 4 of cover.

Little Goosey and Big Gander Goose need a place to hide from the storm. But everywhere they look, someone else is there already. In the ditch there's a small greywhiskered mouse; among the roots of a tall tree is a squirrel; in the cave among the rocks is a rabbit...Little Goosey doesn't want to share. Will they ever find a place just for the two of them?

Knowing that he must satisfy their curiosity, an old mouse agrees to show three young mice the "monster" at the top of the stairs.

Klein-Gänschen macht mit Gänsevater einen Spaziergang. Als ein Sturm aufkommt, suchen sie ein sicheres Versteck, wo sie ganz unter sich sein können. Das ist gar nicht so einfach, denn überall scheint schon jemand zu sein