When Inchworm overhears Mama Bug tell Baby Bug that she eats like a monster, he cries out in fear and sets off a chain reaction of animals trying to hide from the horrible beast they believe is coming.

"Who is that in the forest, howling and howling? A wolf? No. It's a little owl. Everyone in the neighborhood -- from hedgehog to crow to squirrel to mole to stag beetle -- tries to comfort the little owl. They rock her in a large cobweb. They give her a nut. But even the mole's necklace of flowers does not calm her down. What on earth could be the matter"--P. [4] of cover.

Groundhog decides not to hibernate one winter, even though his friends tell him that he will become cold, hungry, and lonely.

A little bear, knowing that he must sleep through Christmas, learns all he can about that special day from the other forest creatures in the hope that he can at least dream about it.

In this almost wordless picture book, a troupe of baby forest animals borrows a child's hat, until all that is left is a long piece of red string.

When Fletcher the fox finds the ground covered in white, he rushes to warn the other animals that spring snow has fallen, but when they follow him back to the meadow they find something much more fun.

When a family discovers an exhausted reindeer, they take him home to care for him, not realizing the uniqueness of the creature they help.

Rhyming verse describes the activities of many of the creatures that inhabit the Amazon rain forest.

Little Fox gets permission to stay up past his dawn bedtime and play, but the other animals he meets are either too tired to stay up, or busy with their daytime activities.

A small green lizard loses his tail while escaping a bobcat and, unaware that it will grow back, asks a series of forest animals about their tails and whether they will help find his.