Boot and Shoe are dogs that live in the same house, eat from the same bowl, and sleep in the same bed but spend their days on separate porches until a squirrel mixes things up.

Meet Moopy, the underground monster. Moopy lives alone in her underground home. She doesn't have any friends. She does what she wants when she wants. Then a surprise visitor arrives. Maybe it's time for Moopy to change her unfriendly ways.

Text and illustrations describe some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine, such as a woods, a seashore, a library, or inside oneself.

Oliver is different. He enjoys his solitude. He likes playing with his friends, who are puppets, stuffed animals, and other toys. With his rich imagination, Oliver's day is never dull. But maybe toys don't always give a boy everything he needs. Maybe he needs another kind of companion. Will Oliver discover a way to be, well, different? When his tennis ball rolls across the lawn into the yard of the girl next door, he just might be surprised.

The narrator explains why it is sometimes nice to be alone.

Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear, who do everything together, discover the importance of taking time to spend by themselves.

"With encouragement from her energetic dog, a hesitant child tries swimming at the beach in her own time and discovers a colorful world beneath the surface in this beautifully illustrated picture book."-- Provided by publisher.

A bird named Only likes his quiet time and alone time, but he does not want to be lonely.

"Quand un jour l'argent vient à manquer pour payer les factures et le loyer, Isabelle et sa famille doivent déménager à l'autre bout de la ville. Isabelle commence à se sentir... invisible. Et elle s'aperçoit qu'elle n'est pas seule à se sentir invisible. Elle décide alors de se rendre utile et petit à petit, les choses changent... Une histoire touchante sur l'importance de vraiment voir ceux qui nous entourent, et de comprendre...