It was Christmas morning.
Morris's brother Victor got a hockey outfit. Morris's sister Rose got a beauty kit. Morris's other sister Betty got a chemistry set. And Morris got a teddy bear. He was too young to play with chemicals, said Betty. He was too little to play hockey, said Victor. And he was too silly to use the beauty kit, said Rose. Nobody was very interested in playing with Morris's bear. Then Morris discovered one last present under the tree....
Once again Rosemary Wells's wonderful sense of humor and warm characterizations have created a book that children will come back to again and again, all year round.
–Jacket blurb
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