When her father takes her to the museum, Lila, who likes dinosaurs more than anything else, finds a little live dinosaur who becomes so fond of her that he follows her home.
A trio of snowmen, too cold in the freezing weather, but in danger of melting indoors, get a little help on Christmas Eve from neighborhood children who build a bevy of snowmen that keep each other warm, and lift everyone's spirits.
When a whole family of fun-loving bears shows up at the river where usually only he and Big Bill the bear fish, Old Mahony decides to make a trap to get rid of the noisy newcomers.
Baby elephant has learned to do many things like catch bananas with his trunk and spray water, but he has not mastered the trumpeting sound that will keep him safe.