In New York City, a "groovy little jazz number" brings together a lonely crocodile and deer.

A young boy who spends most of his time alone in his bedroom makes new friends after the monster in his drawing becomes a monstrous nuisance.

Annie initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they've got. What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And a childless woman looks for a change?

A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.

Tiny, lonely Dot sets out in search of a friend, while Extra-Large Larry is doing the same.

"A spare ... [and] bittersweet ... story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future"-- In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the...

Because everyone falls fast asleep when he arrives, the Sandman is lonely and sets out to find a friend.

Cat eats, sleeps, and spends his days alone. The other cats think he is a grumpy cat, but really--he's just a lonely cat. But that is all about to change when he meets Kitten.

Working hard to deliver mail to all the animals of the wood but never receiving anything himself, a lonely Bear decides to write some letters of his own, inviting all the forest animals to a party.

Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale. Includes one fold-out illustration and a recipe for gingerbread cookies.