"Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.

"All Bear wants is to spend a pleasant day alone, but Duck really wants to hang out"--

Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

A young monster resents being called a monster.

Jeff the bear is sure he has forgotten something when he sets out from home, but none of the animals he meets initially inform him that he is only wearing his underwear, until he reaches his friend Anders the hare--who quickly thinks of a way to avoid embarrassing Jeff, by starting a fashion trend.