When Otto has trouble learning to swing on vines like his monkey friends, he decides to make his own swing set instead.

Mom, Dad, and brother Pete all try to get Buddy to obey, but only one family member understands how to communicate with the mischievous canine.

With help from his friend Otto the robot, Pip the mouse tries to fly.

Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.

Otto and Pip are off on an adventure to somewhere, but to Pip's surprise they end up nowhere.