Yotsuba strives to master the game of rock-paper-scissors, becomes one with the water during a fishing weekend, and tries to get money from strangers to buy groceries.
Fourth-grader Norman Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends when the principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club at school.
Sally Dog Little, the Little family's dog, is intrigued by the notion of being an undercover agent, but she soon decides she does not like knowing everyone's secrets.
Upon realizing that lack of clothing is the only thing keeping dogs out of many places, Norman, Ginger, and Rufus borrow clothes from their owners and have a wonderful time doing all the things humans do, until they make a simple mistake.
When Jacob Two-Two's father brings him back a small lizard from Kenya, it grows to enormous proportions, and to protect his now identifiable Diplodocus from frightened grown-ups, Jacob runs away with him to British Columbia.
A boy tries to catch a mouse, but the smart mouse seems to be having fun evading the boy's traps. Features both simple and sophisticated text on side-by-side pages to facilitate shared reading and encourage early reading skills in children.