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Mr. Rabbit wonders if he will be able to get along with his new neighbors, who are otters, until he is reminded of the golden rule.

"Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her." --

Trying to be neighborly, Mr. Putter decides to serve tea to Mrs. Teaberry's knitting club, but chaos ensues when Tabby the cat and Zeke the dog find the party irresistible.

"Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th Street in New York City until Mr. Grumps, their irritable neighbor, has Lyle put in the zoo."--

When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.

Violet and Wilbur love the peace and quiet of their valley and find the need for more space when it is invaded by many neighbors, including the obstreperous Googie.

"Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture. We think the free market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents progress. We are called to better adapt, be more agile,...

"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." --

"In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goat's milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which...

A cumulative tale in which various neighbors try to rescue Janey's kite from a tree until she has to rescue both the kite and them.