An ill-mannered duck learns how to be courteous on a trip to the market with a Chinese boy who is buying moon cakes and lanterns to celebrate the Mid-autumn (Moon) Festival; includes information about the phases of the moon, Chinese history and culture, and the Moon Festival.
Emily is excited when Spike invites her along on a walk around Boston, and when he bullies a visiting dog, she is uncomfortable but doesn't say anything until Emerson, a more considerate dog, shows her it isn't fun to bully.
A young French honeybee learns the rules to keep the honeycomb strong, to make the best honey, and to keep the bees safe. End pages feature factual information about bees, the Chateau of Villandry, and France.
Toad can't imagine a better place to live than his home in the English countryside, but when he is suddenly uprooted a new friend helps him adjust to the city.
After a series of lies told to him by other animals send Plato on a journey to Olympia to compete in a non-existent goat race, he returns hurt and humiliated. 'End pages provide information about Greece and the Olympic games.
When he hears about a new tourist brochure to promote the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, Jackson the treefrog mounts a campaign to assure that treefrogs will be among the animals and plants featured.
At Las Flores Cafe in Miami Beach, the mimicry of a talkative parrot, named Feathers, spreads misinformation. Includes factual information about Florida and exotic birds.
