Mrs. Mole comes to stay with the little possums while their parents go to a party.

The members of the possum family enjoy a busy life in their home in a hollow tree stump.

Eleven-year-old P (short for Princess, a name she loathes) longs for a pet, but her father insists that all animals on their Oklahoma farm must earn their keep.

Pepper possum wakes up grumpy one morning because he has lost his favorite hat.