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

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.

Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.

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 seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.

Gilbert wants to do something special for his mother on Mother's Day, but first he must stop his sister, Lola, from being the center of attention.

When best friends Cork and Fuzz go to the pond to collect shiny stones, they happen upon a duck's nest just as the eggs are hatching and Fuzz, who is wearing a feather from his collection, is collected by the mother duck.

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.

Although Cork the muskrat is short and likes to find things and Fuzz the possum is tall and likes to keep things, the pair remain best friends even after Fuzz finds Cork's lost stone and decides to keep it.

When Possum's brush pile washes away in a storm, his neighbors all help build a new home based on their own abilities and preferences.