If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.
A young boy, who dreams of becoming a farmer, tends his fields through three seasons before relaxing by a crackling fire during the winter and going to bed.
When Bea wants to play, her busy mother tells her to use her imagination--outside--and soon Bea and a talking dog, Bingo, are getting into all kinds of mischief.