opossums

Dr. Sugar Glider, a small Australian possum, travels around the world (even underwater) dispensing good advice to animals with problems, including a crocodile with a stomach ache, a stressed out meerkat mom, and a male praying mantis looking for a date--while avoiding being eaten.

Possums play dead when threatened so Alfred, an unusually nervous possum, avoids attention and even friendship until he meets Sofia, an armadillo who curls into a ball when nervous. Includes facts about the unusual defense mechanisms of animals pictured in the book.

"It's daytime and night animals are all sleeping soundly. Well, all except for Possum. Skunk tries to be helpful, pointing out a cave, then a tree, then a den. But the more places Possum tries to sleep, the more night animals he wakes up. Will Bear, Wolf, Skunk, and Possum ever find a good day's rest?"--Provided by publisher.

A cumulative tale in verse about a mysterious stranger that interrupts a family's daily routine.

Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to the physical characteristics, habitats, behavior, natural history, and folklore of opossums.

When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.

Short-legged Cork is upset when tall Fuzz wins every game they play, until he learns that their friendship is more important than winning.

When Gilbert loses his tooth, the reader finds out just how resourceful the Tooth Fairy can be.

Introduces the life cycle of opossums.