As a young girl and her grandfather try to find the right kind of snake for a special Shawnee ceremony, illustrations show what a nearby green snake thinks about everything.

When a friendly and talented rattlesnake slithers into Dustpan, Texas, he must prove his value to the residents of the town before the sheriff will allow him to stay.

Bruce is longing to have a snake for a pet, the only problem is that he's not sure his mother will let him have one.

When Iguana stubs her toe and cannot make her popular candies known as cactus butter dulces, Culebra the rattlesnake finds a cure that introduces the Spanish words for the numbers from one to ten.

Nancy's good friend, Charlie, appears to be guilty of snake-napping from the River Heights Zoo. Meanwhile, George's brother, Scott, is being very sneaky and not acting like himself. Can these things be related? Nancy is about to find out.

This is the story of seven little mice and how their mother manages to get her children to the first day of school.

A lonely young rattlesnake finds that making friends in the desert is not as easy as he originally thought it would be.

A collection of stories about the friendship between Snake and Lizard.

"The carnival is in town and the twins really want to go. Upton is not too keen on the idea until the Chief of Police calls and says that there has been a disappearance--the snake lady and all her snakes are gone. Upton, who is a Bichon Frise, a little white dog, knows his duty and joins the Charles' to sniff out the missing reptiles, although he has no idea what a snake smells like."--Provided by publisher.

Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves.