| Preface | v |
1 | Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea: Peter arranges to go to school to Old Mother Nature | 1 |
2 | Peter and Jumper Go to School: The Cottontail Rabbit, Northern Hare and Marsh Rabbit | 7 |
3 | More of Peter's Long-Legged Cousins: The Swamp Hare, Arctic Hare, Prairie Hare, Antelope Jack and common Jack Rabbit | 14 |
4 | Chatterer and Happy Jack Join: The Squirrel family and order of Rodents | 21 |
5 | The Squirrels of the Trees: The Red, Gray, Fox, Kaibab and Abert Squirrels | 28 |
6 | Striped Chipmunk and His Cousins: The Chipmunk, Spermophiles and Flying Squirrel | 35 |
7 | Johnny Chuck Joins the Class: The Woodchuck and his ways | 43 |
8 | Whistler and Yap Yap: The Whistling or Hoary Marmot and Prairie Dogs | 50 |
9 | Two Queer Little Haymakers: The Pika or Cony and the Mountain Beaver or Sewellel | 56 |
10 | Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher: Introducing the Porcupine and Pocket Gopher | 63 |
11 | A Fellow with a Thousand Spears: More about the Porcupine | 69 |
12 | A Lumberman and Engineer: The Beaver and his works | 76 |
13 | A Worker and a Robber: The Muskrat and the Brown or Norway Rat | 86 |
14 | A Trader and a Handsome Fellow: The Cotton Rat, Wood or Pack Rat and the Kangaroo Rat | 92 |
15 | Two Unlike Little Cousins: Whitefoot the Wood or Deer Mouse and Danny Meadow Mouse, also called Field Mouse | 99 |
16 | Danny's Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels: The Banded and Brown Lemmings and the Jumping Mouse | 108 |
17 | Three Little Redcoats and Some Others: The Pine Mouse, Red-backed Mouse, Rufous Tree Mouse, Rock Mouse and Beach Mouse | 115 |
18 | Mice with Pockets, and Others: The Silky and Spiny Pocket Mice, Grasshopper Mouse, Harvest Mouse and House Mouse | 121 |
19 | Teeny Weeny and His Cousin: The Common or Long-tailed Shrew or Shrew Mouse, Short-tailed Shrew or Mole Shrew and Marsh or Water Shrew | 127 |
20 | Four Busy Little Miners: The Common Mole, Brewer's or Hairy-tailed Mole, Oregon Mole and Star-nosed Mole | 133 |
21 | Flitter the Bat and His Family: The Red Bat, Little Brown or Cave Bat, Big Brown or House Bat, Silvery Bat, Hoary Bat and Big-eared Bat | 141 |
22 | An Independent Family: The Common Skunk, Hog-nosed or Badger Skunk and Little Spotted Skunk | 148 |
23 | Digger and His Cousin Glutton: The Badger and Wolverine or Carcajou | 155 |
24 | Shadow and His Family: The Common or Bonaparte Weasel or Ermine, New York Weasel, Long-tailed or Yellow-bellied Weasel, Least Weasel and Black-footed Ferret | 161 |
25 | Two Famous Swimmers: Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter | 167 |
26 | Spite the Marten and Pekan the Fisher: The Pine Marten or American Sable and the Fisher or Pennant Marten | 175 |
27 | Reddy Fox Joins the School: The Red, Black and Silver Foxes, Gray Fox, Kit Fox or Swift, Desert Fox, Arctic and Blue Foxes | 180 |
28 | Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf: The Prairie Wolf or Coyote and the Timber or Gray Wolf | 190 |
29 | Yowler and His Cousin Tufty: The Bay Lynx or Bob Cat and the Canada Lynx or Lucivee | 195 |
30 | Some Big and Little Cat Cousins: Puma the Panther, also called Cougar and Mountain Lion, the Jaguar, the Ocelot and the Jaguarundi Cat or Eyra | 201 |
31 | Bobby Coon Arrives: The Raccoon and the Civet or Ring-tailed Cat, also called Coon Cat and Bassaris | 204 |
32 | Buster Bear Nearly Breaks Up School: The Black Bear and his habits | 211 |
33 | Buster Bear's Big Cousins: Silvertip, the Grizzly Bear, the Alaska or Great Brown Bear and the Polar Bear | 219 |
34 | Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum: The Virginia Opossum, which is the only American Marsupial | 223 |
35 | Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn: The White-tailed or Virginia Deer, Black-tailed Deer and Mule Deer | 229 |
36 | Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof: The Elk or Wapiti, Moose and Caribou | 238 |
37 | Thunderfoot, Fleetfoot and Longcoat: The Buffalo or Bison, Antelope and Musk Ox | 244 |
38 | Two Wonderful Mountain Climbers: The Rocky Mountain Sheep or Bighorn and the Rocky Mountain Goat | 251 |
39 | Piggy and Hardshell: The Peccary or Wild Pig and the Armadillo | 256 |
40 | The Mammals of the Sea: The Sea Otter, Walrus, Sea Lions, Seals and Manatee or Sea Cow | 263 |
| Index | 270 |