In the jungle sits a potty with the words, "Only the best bottom will fit on this potty," which prompts different animals to give it a try until a stranger shows them who fits it best.

Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.

"There is pandemonium in the jungle. A strange roaring sounds sends the animals stampeding, convinced it's a monster. But all is not as it seems. Only Elmer the patchwork elephant is brave enough to investigate, and what he discovers comes as quite a surprise"--

Tired of being teased, Ngiri, the smallest warthog in Africa, uses a set of magic drums to make wishes, but he is not careful enough and makes the rift between the Warthogs and the beautiful Other Beasts even worse.

In the newly-formed world, monkey uses a paint set to make napping animals as colorful as birds, even adding stripes, squares, and spots, but when bear awakens and sees the changes, he makes monkey the most colorful of all.

"A mother panda bear, elephant, leopard and orangutan follow their rambunctious little ones through the jungle as they try to corral them for bedtime"--

"Canción para dormir a las fieras es: una selva, una aventura, una nana, una caricia, un desear dulces sueños a nuestras fieras."--Back cover.

When first a hippo in the water and then an elephant and a giraffe on shore expel gas, a monkey gets the idea that the animals should show off their abilities in that area by having a contest, and the crocodile volunteers to be the judge.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

"On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark for trick-or-treating. But the jungle looks and sounds very different at night. As the hunt for treats gets spookier and spookier, Jim and his friends tell themselves not to be scared, but a pair of glowing eyes in the pitch-dark jungle might push them over the edge! Or maybe they'll make a new friend."--