Cañon City Public Library

Eeyore has lost his tail and his friend Winnie the Pooh finds it for him.

Explains, in rhymed text and illustrations, what tails are and aren't, what they can and can't do, and where they do and don't grow.

Given the responsibility of taking care of his favorite carousel dog's tail during the winter, Ernst, the young blue crocodile, finds, as time goes by, that he cannot resist his own artistic urges.

The reader is asked to guess what a creature is from a description of the appearance and use of the its tail.

"Many animals have similar tails. The donkey's tail waves just as cheerfully as a zebra's. And doesn't the tail of a little fish look like the tail of a big whale? And who has a tail that looks a lot like a horse's tail?"--Back cover.

When the animals begin to compare tails, Max the elephant is not happy with his. But Mama Elephant explains that animals use tails in different ways and that Max's tail carries out its purpose by swishing away flies.

"In a park full of squirrels, it's hard being a mouse. Is a big, fluffy tail what it takes to make a friend? Tullio will try anything to find out." - back cover