Amelia must continually remind her gorilla friend, Nilson, not to have fits, especially when they are running errands with her mother, but sometimes Amelia stomps and growls, too.

David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can't find it."

"Across the animal kingdom, there are a whole lot of ways animals snooze. Different species have their own fascinating sleep patterns and habits"--

When David gets in trouble, he has excuses right up until bedtime, when he realizes he really is sorry.

When Tootsie, a small, pampered dog, joins Danny Dougle's Dogwalking Group, he is teased and tormented by the other dogs until he wins their respect by foiling a robbery.

"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures. From the ladybug to the salamander, from the lungfish to the desert hedgehog, twelve estivating animals and...

Describes how different animal parents teach their offspring to obtain food, showing them how to use tools, avoid predators, and hunt.

Wandering away from his mother, Harry the Cat gets stuck in a tree until a fireman comes to his rescue.

A child learns that there are consequences for thoughtless behavior, from feeding popcorn to a bear at the zoo to dropping an empty can out of a car window.