While chipmunks Alvin, Simon, and Theodore find success in the music industry, they struggle as middle school students, but a musical competition might be their opportunity for improvement.
Photographs and text provide an introduction to chipmunks, explaining what they are, how they look, where they live, how they make their homes, and other aspects of their lives and behaviors. Includes a picture glossary.
When Dave embarks on a business trip to Europe, Simon, Theodore and Alvin are left at home in the care of the accident-prone Miss Miller. But soon Alvin and the boys become jet-setters of their own as they participate in an around-the-world hot-air balloon race! Their main competition will be the Chipettes, but their real opponents turn out to be Klaus and Claudia, two international crooks who are using the race as a front for their worldwide diamond smuggling operation.
Chipmunks Cutesy, Blinky, and Bob want the same kind of attention people pay to other animals who live in the zoo, but when one of their plans succeeds, they see that being noticed is not always a good thing.
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.
