Rhyming text explores how proper behavior for young animals is different from what is expected of young children.

"Mama and Mommy would like Sweet Pea to settle into bed, but it's not quite time. Even though the bed is fluffy, it's not as snuggly as curling up like a pig in the mud, or as spacious as sleeping in the wide ocean like a blue whale. It's not as fun as sleeping high up in a tree like a koala, or hanging upside down like a bat. And it's definitely not as relaxing as sleeping standing up, like an emperor penguin. But after mimicking all the ways different...

"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--

Pairs photographs of animals embracing with information about how hugs help animals feel secure, show love, and forge bonds.

A little boy finds that his life is pretty easy compared to how it might be.

Dexter the goat is normaly good around both the visitors and the keepers but when the keepers come to trim his hooves he panics.

It is very hard to be friends with wild boars because they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered, and rude.

Identifies some of the things happening in nature while one goes about an ordinary day, such as a shark circling a reef while one brushes one's teeth, or puffins eating fresh-caught fish while one eats dinner.

Bella knows the family rules but lives by her own, as well, causing her behavior to be "too wild, too rude, and too risky" until Granny brings her a puppy with similar problems.