Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Text and illustrations encourage readers, regardless of shape or size, to turn off the television and play games, walk, dance, and engage in sports and other forms of exercise.

"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--

Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

Little Pookie tries to decide what is the perfect costume for this Halloween.0

Piggy wakes up in the morning with the plan to paint all day, and he paints all kinds of things, including frogs, kitties, and polka-dot pigs.

When Mr. and Mrs. Watson and their pig Mercy take in a movie at the Bijou Drive-In, mayhem ensues after Mercy smells the enticing scent of hot buttered popcorn.