Simple rhyming text follows a person's journey through life focusing on the hands and what they do from babyhood to adulthood, when a new pair of hands comes into existence.
A shy boy, seeking the courage to play baseball with the other children in a park, is coaxed out of his shell by some "old timers" sitting nearby who, in turn, discover they are still in the game.
Reginald, a cow--actually, a bull--living in the Amazon rain forest, uses his patient charm to win over the many different animals who would like to make him their lunch.
When a careless worker places the wrong sign near a rhinoceros's cage, zoo visitors continually mistake the frustrated rhino for a hippopotamus, until a young boy comes along who can help.
