Gloria Chipmunk has a real problem to solve when she must stay home to take care of her little brother on the same day of the class play in which she has a part.
Ellie Elephant meets Chip Chipmunk in the forest after the wreck of her circus train and learns to accept her shape. Includes nonfiction information about elephants.
Photographs and text provide an introduction to baby chipmunks, with information on types of chipmunks, the squirrel family and rodents, a chipmunk's body, habitats, mothers and babies, and food.
When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one.