Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

Fergus, the pet mouse in Miss Maxwell's classroom, stows away in a backpack on a field trip to the museum. He makes a new friend, Zeke, another mouse, who shows Fergus many interesting exhibits, but now he wonders how to get back to school.

"Mouse may not have stripy fur like a tiger or bright pink feathers like a flamingo. He certainly can't snap his jaws like a crocodile or roar like a lion, but he's perfectly happy just the way he is. Join the little mouse with the big personality as he meets some amazing animals for a round-the-world adventure and shows that the best gift of all is staying true to yourself."--Back cover

Illustrations and rhyming text follow the Winks as they guide their thirty-eight mouse children through snacks, baths, stories, and other bedtime preparations, including the last-minute need for a drink of water.