Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.

Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.

Simple questions and answers reveal what happens to the body during many common illnesses and injuries such as bruises, broken bones, allergies, colds, indigestion, and chicken pox.

Celebrates the tree, one of the most useful plants on Earth.