When new neighbors move in next door, Eddie helps fix things up around the house.

Despite their differences, Heron and Turtle are very good neighbors and friends.

Lying in bed, a child reflects on her new apartment, and the neighbors living around and above her, and looks forward to meeting them and her new classmates.

Mouse searches high and low for his true love, only to find her right next door.

A squirrel sees nothing but trouble in a bear newcomer who has terrible teeth, knife-like claws, and an oversized appetite, while her pet mouse perceives a new neighbor who is just trying to be friendly.

"An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be extraordinary in this story about new life, death, and family"--

When a saxophone-playing dog moves in next door to a young girl, the girl is thrilled, but her parents, who do not like the noise or the other animals the dog attracts, feel otherwise.

A little girl hesitates to initiate a friendship with her new neighbor Zola because she imagines Zola is busy with another friend--an elephant.

On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.

When Mr. Happy moves next door to Miss Grimm and begins planting gardens and making friendly gestures, Miss Grimm is not pleased but soon, she feels something strange taking over her bleak little house.