The reader must solve the puzzles in order to help James, Cath, and Max find their way through the jungle and save the Soaraway bird from the tweezers of Marcy who wants to use the bird's feathers to win the kite competition.
Tim repeatedly tries to warn his oblivious teacher on the class nature walk through the jungle that they are being followed by a very hungry boa constrictor, until it is almost too late.
Python comes up with a plan to invite all the jungle animals to a party and trick them, but when Elephant passes by at the wrong time, Python's trick is ruined.
After reading a magazine about Christmas, Alice the anteater leaves her jungle home and travels to the North Pole to ask Santa Claus a very important question.
A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past.