Owl wakes up and is ready to play, but all his friends are sleeping.

When the gray squirrels kill his parents, a young red squirrel vows revenge, finding unlikely allies in the rats and gulls of Trash Mountain.

The sounds of the farm animals create a lively beat that keep Farmer Sue, the chicks, sheep, and other farm animals awake.

When the forest animals find a gold leaf, they fight about who gets to have it.

"Someone has been sleeping on Elephant's haystack, drinking from Lion's bowl, going potty in Ostrich's sandbox, and scratching Giraffe's favorite tree. Who could it be?"--

The scarecrow from Old MacDonald's farm narrates an Animal Theater production of "The House that Jack Built," but animals that do not belong on a farm keep upstaging him.

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

Squirrel can't think of a New Year's resolution until she realizes that by helping her friends, she's made one after all.

When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.