My daughter and I loved this book; it is so cute! It is about Barnabus and his friends, who live under a pet shop, as failed science projects. They long to escape from the science lab before they get destroyed. Will they make it out to the natural world to see the beauty of nature? All of the creatures in this book are so cute and loveable. Barnabus is half elephant and half mouse, and the other creatures are all also different from normal animals. I just loved them all. The illustrations in the book are beautiful.