When five hungry animals visit Sam's ice cream shop, he whips up some amazing creations, including a yummy blue-cheese sundae for Mouse and a wormy, squirmy cone for Hen. But then along comes a very special customer with the most surprising choice of all.

Tour guide Jungle Jed tells the gorillas to go to bed, but they can't seem to stop playing.

A boy and his father see strange and unusual things when their car breaks down and they are rescued by a gorilla.

Oop, a gorilla, is second banana to the Amazing Bubbles, a monkey, until one day, Bubbles finds himself in trouble and Oop has to save the day.

"When a fellow jungle mate suggests "blankies" are for babies, Doris the Gorilla tries to give her beloved blanket, Frankie, up, and then tries disguising it." --

"Even though the city faces nightly air raids, in 1941 Joseph is sent to London to live with the gruff Mrs. F, who teaches the angry boy how to care for the remaining animals in the city zoo, including a mighty silverback gorilla named Adonis."--

"A little boy has a lot of explaining to do when a gorilla comes over and makes a mess of the house--but that's not even the bad news"--

Gertrude Lintz, a New York socialite who believes that animals should not be caged, raises a gorilla named Buddy and reluctantly realizes that he is not suited for city life.

Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them.

Imara and Bobo, two children being held by rebel soldiers, are determined to return a captive baby gorilla back to the forest before it is sold.