Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse: A hungry mouse and a lonely kitten become friends and seek adventure and fortune together in the streets and subways of New York City. Chester Cricket's pigeon ride: Chester, a country cricket who misses stargazing during his stay in the city, takes a breathtaking ride over New York with new friend Lulu Pigeon.

Nicholas Cricket and the other members of the Bug-a-Wug Cricket Band lead all the forest creatures in a musical celebration of the night.

One tired tortoise tries to rest in a nearby hammock. But two scheming spiders, three crazy crickets, four mischievous mice, and a host of other jumping animals have other plans! -- Ingram.

A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book.