Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss.

It is the first day of school at Monster Academy, where all the monsters go, and the lesson for the day involves counting missing teeth, and Vic the vampire is sad because he still has both fangs--until Jo, a troublemaking student who whirls like a dervish but is actually a human, gives him an apple at lunch.

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

Illustrations and rhyming text depict dinosaurs as they ride the bus to school, jump on top of their desks, read their favorite books, and have fun on the playground with all of their friends.

Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.

Interrupting Cow feels lonely because her barnyard friends are tired of her jokes, but when he meets an old rooster across the long, gray road, things change.

Cow meets a new friend on the farm, Zebra, who knows a lot of jokes and all about the big bright world beyond the farm.

A young boy and his brother and sister spend a hot summer afternoon in quiet activities until they cool down under the hose, just before a storm comes.

Saying goodbye can be hard, but in rhyming text dinosaurs teach readers how to say goodbye and deal with separation in a wide variety of situations.

Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.