Mr. Panda is wearing a t-shirt with the words "free hugs" on it, but it seems that none of his animal friends want his cuddles, they would rather hug each other--but he is in for a surprise.

A child figures out the best way to hug a porcupine as he watches his friends hug other animals.

Presents a wide variety of insects, sea creatures, and other animals with increasing numbers of arms, noting how many hugs each can give at once.

"What is a way we show the people in our family that we care? One way is simple and quick-giving them a hug. Pairs with the fiction title Caring for Sister"--

Wally is a young boa constrictor who loves hugs, but his classmates at school are scared of getting hugs from him, so Wally shows them his friendly hugs are nothing to be afraid of.

Jake tries to track down his mother's hug after she gives it to his father, who gives it to the cat, who gives it to a witch, and so on.

The rainforest roars with squeaks and squawks, alive with a rumpus of animal noises. Can any creature get a moment of rest and calm amidst this horrible hubbub? Not until...the blurbly blowing of bubbles, the fwippa fwip of flickering ears, and the shookita shimmy of a shaking booty bottom announce the arrival of the largest, friendliest rodent around (which really exists in the wild) who calls for something new: cuddles! But, the animals wonder,...

Howie the puppy wants a hug before he goes to bed but everyone in the family seems too busy for him, and he is sad until God provides for his needs.

"From bear hugs to koala cuddles, hippo huddles to walrus wiggles, penguin pecks to porcupine prickles, there are a LOT of hugs to choose from. But the perfect hug may not be far-in fact, it might be right where you are! The ones at home, who love you the best, give the best hugs of all!"--

When Shelly adopts her pet monster Hugsby she loves everything about him. It doesn't matter that he can't do fancy tricks, or whistle, or blow bubbles. He gives the best hugs ever. But when Pet Monster Show-and-Tell Day arrives, Shelly worries. What can Hugsby do? All the other pet monsters can juggle or do flips or even Hula-hoop! Finally, it's time to show everyone her beloved Hugsby . . . and finally Shelly realizes that what she loves about Hugsby...