A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.

The other animals are frightened when Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, until he gets into trouble trying to steal blueberries from Farmer Brown's boy and they realize he is not very different from them.

As darkness falls, parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.

The gorilla in the story is an unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Grasshopper meets many unusual characters when he sets off on a journey down the road, including those who like to fly, sail, and clean.

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.

Timmy Tiptoes, a comfortable little grey squirrel, runs into trouble with his fellow squirrels over the hoarding of nuts for the winter.

Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.

Fifteen tales that explain why Danny Meadow Mouse has a short tail, the reason Reddy Fox has no friends, and other mysteries about the residents of the Green Meadow.

The author presents a collection of three animal-themed essays. In The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, a group of complete strangers bitterly discuss the order of things within the animal kingdom. In Hello Kitty, a miserable alcoholic cat attends AA. In The Squirrel and the Chipmunk, two lovers are torn apart by their quarreling families.