A tree stood quietly in the sunshine. A big brown bear stepped up. Hello he said, very loudly. Hello Hello come little voices, squeaky voices and deep-down voices from all over the tree. But when it begins to rain, what do you think they say?

Photographs and text describe how to make basic signs, including hello, I'm fine, together, and play with me.

A collection of whimsical true encounters between famous and infamous individuals describes the unlikely meetings of Marilyn Monroe with Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Jackson with Nancy Reagan, and Sigmund Freud with Gustav Mahler.