On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

Red fox and little dormouse are best friends who love to play in the forest. As winter comes and dormouse gets sleepy, fox tries to think of ways to keep mouse awake.

Just after the first snowfall, Bear is ready to go to sleep until spring but his friends encourage him to spend one last day playing with them.

"Frog is excited about the coming of winter, until he finds out that frogs sleep through the long cold months while they hibernate"--

Florence the hedgehog and her squirrel friends set off into the woods for a day of play before it's time to hibernate, but as they get farther into the woods, Florence starts to miss home.

While searching for a new place to hibernate, Bernard the bear disrupts the homes of several forest animals.

"Geese are calling, a chilly wind is blowing, and the sky is turning gray. Winter is on its way. For Mama Bear and Small Bear, that means it's time to tuck into their den for a long sleep. But Mouse is scurrying by, and Chipmunk is still gathering nuts beside the lake. And look at Hare and Skunk, still romping through the leaves! Why can't Small Bear stay up, too? To each question, Mama Bear responds with the coziest of answers, finally painting a...

Winter is coming and it's time for black bears to hibernate; however, a black bear cub is making excuses to Mama Bear to try to avoid the inevitable.

"Beatrice the bunny wants to share winter with her best friend, Bear, but he will be busy hibernating"--

Dormouse hibernates and dreams of spring until spring arrives, and along with it comes his dormouse friend.