With the help from friends, Marcel the hedgehog tries to find his way back to The Emerald City Theater, the place he has called home since getting separated from his beloved owner, Dorothy.

"A group of animals worries that there's a lion among them, even though lions aren't supposed to live in tropical forests"--

Stubborn Groundhog simply can't wait until February 2 to wake all his friends up! Groundhog loves to run and play. When winter comes, Groundhog does not want to hibernate. His friends warn that he'll be hungry and cold and lonely, but he just won't listen. Yet he soon discovers his friends were right. Then he has a brilliant idea! He'll have an EARLY spring! All his friends will wake up, and they can all have fun together again. But his friends aren't...

The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of animals and plants living in the Amazon rainforest, in this adaptation of the song "The green grass grew all around." Includes "For Creative Minds" section with animal and plant adaptation facts and a recipe.

Woodland animals, from two moles to ten opossums, offer to share their homes with a little mouse who is dissatisfied with his own.

Various rain forest animals show how their camouflage helps them blend into their environment.

Offers examples of animals who live in rain forests, including the Borneo pygmy elephant, three-toed sloth, and silverback gorilla.

While Little Hedgehog babysits his cousin, with help from his forest friends, Baby's favorite blanket brings them some misadventures but later saves the day.

"This title introduces primary readers to the deciduous forest biome, presenting the biome in a way early readers can understand--through things that can actually be seen, touched, and heard in a deciduous forest."--

In spite of the worsening weather, Izzy the chipmunk sets off to Bear's den in response to an urgent request from a friend in need.