Each time Marklee gets a new neighbor he's excited to make a new friend, but the giraffe who just moved in downstairs seems to be a real grump.

Henry's neighbors are scandalized that he ignores them and lets his property get run down, until they drive him away and find themselves missing him.

A lonely chipmunk devises a way to receive more Christmas cards than the popular pack-rat family that lives next door.

Although accustomed to celebrating nearly all the holidays on the calendar, the Maple Street neighbors are surprised by the newly-moved-in Mrs. Muddle's definition of a holiday.

Raccoon does not want to be alone on a stormy night but his neighbors, Possum, Quail, and Woodchuck, each tell him they have no room to spare.

When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.

Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.

An anonymous valentine changes the life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into a laughing friend who helps and appreciates all his neighbors.

Xochitl and her family, newly arrived in San Francisco from El Salvador, create a beautiful plant nursery in place of the garbage heap behind their apartment, and celebrate with their friends and neighbors.

When Mr. Putter cannot sleep after eating too many of Mrs. Teaberry's pineapple jelly rolls, he and Tabby take a moonlit stroll that ends with the perfect neighborly gathering.