opossums

Lola doesn't want to have a Halloween costume like somebody else, but all the good ideas seem to be taken.

Mother Possum is in despair because her son cannot learn to play dead without laughing.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattle-tale, Phillip, on a class trip to Pilgrim Town, but he learns a valuable lesson when he gets stuck in the bathroom.

Explores the biology, habitat, and habits of opossums.

Examines the features, habitat, and behaviors of opossums, such as their playing dead or carrying their babies, called "joeys," in pouches.

Mattie takes in a possum and then mistakingly blames her cat Prowler and her dog Howler for the messes he makes.

The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

When Walter Possum complains that he has nothing to do, his father gives him a something-to-do stone that helps him think of adventurous ideas.

Presents the life of a baby possum from his birth into his mother's pouch to his first experience "playing possum", after which he is on his own.

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