When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.

A friendly lion escapes from the local zoo and Pig Pig wants to keep him.

Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play until he is messy, as pigs should be.

In this compilation of four separately published works, Gracie Laroo, the youngest pig on the Water Sprites, a medal-winning synchronized swimming team, gets a chance to perform at the Pig Jubilee, in a movie, on a cruise ship, as well as giving a motivational speech at her former school--all things which test her confidence and abiltiy to perform in the clutch.

Poppy's big dreams lead her to Paris for the world games ice skating championship. Nervous but ever courageous and supported by her family she embarks upon the adventure head-on. Poppy meets a snowboarding panda, a Maltese who skies, and two fellow skaters, a crane and a Kangaroo. She begins to realize that although these animals look different, act different, and are from different places, they are all the same at heart.

In Freddy and Simon the Dictator, warning had been printed in the Bean Home News and the Centerboro Guardian, but nobody paid much attention to them. An animal revolt? "Preposterous!" said the Beans and all the other humans. But it's true-and Simon the rat is determined to turn the farm into a dictatorship. Mr. Camphor has been persuaded (much against his better judgment) to run for governor of New York State, Herb Garble shows up, Jinx defects...

Norbert has always dreamed of swimming the English Channel, and though he trains every day, he realizes he does not know where it is, but his pig friends help him succeed in his swimming quest.

A little pig sets out for a day at the beach carrying everything she will need, but others demand her hat, sunglasses, and more until finally, stuck in a swamp, she realizes that sometimes one has to say no.

Piggy wakes up in the morning with the plan to paint all day, and he paints all kinds of things, including frogs, kitties, and polka-dot pigs.

"Peppa learns to be thankful in this storybook based on the hit Nick Jr. TV show, including a thankful card to fill in yourself"--Provided by publisher.