When the winter doldrums arrive at the zoo, a very small hippo and a young kangaroo decide to stage a "ZooZical, " a show to display their singing, dancing, acrobatic, and other talents to the people of Springfield.

The Little Red Hen gives Old MacDonald some pointers on composting-- and a legendary farm is born-- in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud.

A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.

After suffering as a victim of one of Fisi the hyena's nasty tricks, Kamba the tortoise offers to paint new coats for all the animals as a way of getting revenge on Fisi.

Mira Bella mobilizes her art students, from grandmothers to children, crabs to seagulls, to stop a dastardly plan for turning the beach at Ballyhoo Bay into an exclusive resort, and offers an alternative--leave the beach as it is.