Rhyming text describes the trek of a herd of mammoths south for the winter, covering what they eat, how they cope with the cold along the way, and how they protect their young from predators.
Best friends, Fitch the Wolf and Chip the Pig have great plans to meet at the playground; however, Chip's three little sisters show up and threaten to foul up the works.
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for winter and so he pretends to have all sorts of ailments that require the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas.