A boy and his parents go out into the rainy spring night to help salamanders cross a busy road on their annual migration to the vernal pools in which they breed. Includes glossary and facts about the life cycle of the salamander.

While Spike, a tiny axolotl salamander, practices being the monster he believes he is, other animals call him cute and funny but when a gila monster arrives and the other creatures hide, Spike shows his true nature.

Pip the salamander is afraid of the dark, so he sets out in search of a wizard who will help him overcome his fear and unexpectedly finds courage. By traveling through shadowy woods and a black night to visit a wizard for help, Pip, a salamander, cures himself of his fear of the dark. Believing that magic might help him, Pip searches for Old Abra the wizard, following his trail into the woods, through a tunnel, and into the night-and discovers that...