A young possum strikes out on her own and winds up trapped in a human house before her brothers can rescue her.

Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail.

Possum awakes one autumn evening and decides to invite his animal friends to a party to celebrate the beautiful harvest moon one last time before the long winter.

When Gilbert and Lola's cousin Wally comes to visit for Easter, he learns a lesson about being greedy during the annual Easter egg hunt.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattletale "buddy" on a class trip to Pilgrim Town.

When Whobert Whover, owl detective finds Perry the possum lying still on the ground, he sets out to determine who is responsible for his condition and questions the nearby wildlife.

Gilbert the opossum imagines himself as Surfer Dude on a fun-filled day at the beach.

Two good friends, Possum and Alien, spend time together celebrating their birthdays, discovering their uniqueness, and hanging out together in a tree.

Possums play dead when threatened so Alfred, an unusually nervous possum, avoids attention and even friendship until he meets Sofia, an armadillo who curls into a ball when nervous. Includes facts about the unusual defense mechanisms of animals pictured in the book.