A sister asks her younger brother if he can see all sorts of different things in a shop, in the yard, at the beach, and in bed.

Illuminating the ways in which the land can renew and repair itself, the story of a plot of land--called a paddock in Australia--follows its history from its beginning as a lava field through the arrival of Aborigines and white settlers.

A zookeeper hears a strange noise at night and searches in vain for its origin

Illustrations without text present the many activities of an ordinary day on a city street.