Tired of being washed by Mrs. Wishy-Washy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city.

Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.

Experience close-up the many moods (and colors) of chameleons. One brave chameleon ventures from the safety of his tree in search of a new home. On his journey, he meets other rain forest animals, not all of them friendly! Alas, the new tree he chooses is already home to another chameleon. She dons her aggressive coloring until she's sure that the visitor is friend, not foe. Then they welcome each other with brilliant, happy colors.

"One spring morning, Cam was playing by his house. He watched a trickle of water running through the pine trees. The water splashed and sang in the voice of snow, Come with me. Come with me. I will take you to the sea." --back cover

A Maori boy in 1803 and a plane crash survivor marooned on a deserted island in 2003 experience interconnecting visions.

When she runs out of water, Mrs. Wishy-Washy takes her animals to town.

Mrs. Wishy-washy gives her farm animals a bath after they play in the mud.

The story of the summer Josh spends while his mother is in the hospital awaiting the birth of his baby sister, and his pet chicken Semolina--who talks but only to him--is almost killed by a red fox.

A swamp ogre captures a wee wishy woman and forces her to make him a good tasty stew, but she tricks him by making it out of glue.

Conrad, his mother, and her crew are sent on a secret mission to Zedor 2, a mysterious distant planet, to solve a persistent environmental problem on Mars - lack of oxygen