Three moles live underground, and then one of them finally ventures upward to find out what the world is like "Up Above."

In four stories about Hippo and his jungle friends, Snake latches onto Hippo, the animals are vexed by Friday the 13th, Hippo starts a band, and Hippo makes magic.

As the day comes to a close, various animals and a small child wind down their activities and go to sleep.

Guess what animals can do special things and then lift the flaps to see if you're right.

As Hedgehog starts to make a cake, his friends stop by, one by one, and each has advice for the project.

As a child explains the many happy, loving things Mommy does, many different animal mothers are shown caring for their young.

The baby animals go to sleep as Mother Night hushes the earth and then wake up to a new day.

Little Chick becomes hungrier and hungrier and more and more impatient as she watches all the other barnyard animals getting their breakfasts before she gets hers.

Illustrations and rhythmic verses depict a mother and child and different animals on each of the seven continents.

Relates the amusing adventures of a family of inventor.