Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...

Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.

When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.

A disgruntled pig sets his sights on being more than something to eat.

When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...

Gerald the elephant is certain that he cannot dance but his friend Piggie convinces him to try.

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

The ever-optimistic koala, Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world.

Poppleton the pig goes stargazing, tries out a new bed before he buys it, and goes sailing for the first time.

When Gerald the elephant and Piggie realize that they are in a book, they decide to have some fun with the reader.