A curious monkey who is tired of being small dreams of being big but discovers problems with that as well.

What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws....

Sure that he is the smallest creature on earth, a young elephant leaves home and journeys over woodlands, rivers, and plains searching for someone even smaller than he is.

A little boy's father seems so large to him that he needs a ladder to cuddle him and birds nest in his father's hair.

A small rabbit wishes with all his might to grow big--as big as the forest itself--until he discovers the advantage of being small and smart.

Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.

"Anja makes a wish to become small during a game of hide and seek - and her wish comes true! Or does it?"--

Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.

"Some dinosaurs are small and slow. They take their time in the prehistoric jungle, collecting fruits and leaves and using their tiny teeth to munch them. Some dinosaurs are big and fast. With huge teeth and claws, they steal food from small dinosaurs, and they're always hungry for more. So when three big dinosaurs come across one small one, what -- or who -- can save the little plant-eater?"--