Ivan Bates Book order (chronological)

"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?

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

Is it true that a monster lives at the top of the stairs? Three young mice decide they must see for themselves and ask a wise old mouse to take them there. He warns them of the danger--yet they still insist on going. So, step by step, the mice climb the creaky stairs, growing ever closer to the dark shadows--until they are whisker to whisker with the creature who lives at the top of the stairs! Full color.