Roger Duvoisin

Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing knowledge involves more than just carrying a book around under her wing.

PICTURE STORYBOOKS. Veronica the hippopotamus lives with her large family on the cool muddy river bank, swimming in its clear waters. But she is not happy. She dreams of becoming a conspicuous hippopotamus, even perhaps, a famous one, noticed by everyone. So she sets off, looking for adventure. In the city she discovers that there are many confusing rules about how you can move around, where you can sleep and what you can eat, and that police stations...

A little donkey, unhappy that his big ears stick straight up, asks other farm animals for advice on how to improve his appearance.

Santa Claus decides that he wants to see the sring flowers and Easter time, so he orders a mail-order suit and travels incognito, but the children recognize his beard, nose and twinkle.

When Veronica arrives at Petunia's farm, the animals object to her ways and looks until she gets sick, at which time, they decide they like her after all.

When Santa's reindeer get the flu a week before Christmas, the whale comes to the rescue.

Santa Claus gets angry over all the false Santas in the world, so he declares war on them and snatches each false beard.

A duck and a drake are lonely by themselves, so the duck lays ten eggs, sits on them for a month, and becomes the mother of ten baby ducklings.