Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.

A howling human baby causes ferocious jungle animals to tremble until they try to tame it.

The jungle animals try to share their excitement over Christmas with Jim Panzee, but he feels too grumpy to appreciate their efforts.

Sooki the elephant, who has never seen another animal like himself, tries to shrink his saggy wrinkly skin.

When the jungle animals are hot, a baby elephant has a good solution involving the squirting and splashing of water at the water hole.

On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.

While playing baseball, a boy wonders what it would be like to be different jungle animals.

The jungle animals enjoy a rousing game of baseball.

"On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark to collect treats. Not only does the jungle look different at night, it sounds different. What's that knock-knock-knock and that HAHA HAHA HAHA? And the smell? PEE-YEW! "Don't be scared," they tell Jim. But then two glowing eyes flash overhead, and looking for treats is almost abandoned"-- Provided by publisher.

A series of accidents in the jungle proves that everyone has something special to add when it comes to making music.