Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts diffent animals dancing.

"Once there was a library that only opened at night. Step inside and meet the little librarian and her three assistant owls"--

Peek Zoo's holding an animal parade to celebrate the birth of its baby panda, but when the day arrives, nothing's ready. As Mr. Peek races around preparing, he leaves a trail of chaos. Thank goodness Mr. Peek's son Jimmy is there to save the day and ensure the crowd gets the best animal parade ever.

"Pete the Cat wakes up feeling grumpy--nothing seems to be going his way. But with the help of some magic sunglasses, Pete learns that a good mood has been inside him all along"--

Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it. -- Provided by publisher....

Joining the new baby animals at the zoo are the much-loved pengaroo and the pandacat.

When Otter starts a school, Teddy becomes sad because the other students are all good at something and it seems he is not.

Squirrel is too busy getting ready for winter to nibble a pumpkin with Mouse, run in the field with Dog, or otherwise play with any of the other animals. The leaves have started to fall. The air is cold. Squirrel needs to get ready for winter. He cannot nibble with the mice. He does not have time to hop with the frogs or run with the dogs. But there is one thing he can do!

All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon--all except one. Written in a series of linked poems in the tanka style, which is an ancient Japanese form of poetry.

Bear thanks his friends for bringing food dishes to his dinner party and finds a way of sharing something of his own.