The theme here is, Helping others is a key to your own happiness. A continuation of books one thru five, this story has 91 pages, 25 illustrations and follows the two twelve year olds, Wayne and Becky, as they get involved in lots of new adventures; four tiny skunks but where is Mom, a scary surprise guest in the pond, a new kind of mean bully, a baby bunny with the snapping turtles, a rousing football game, a funny volleyball match between husbands and wives, Gefilte fish!, Police Chief Nan's Air Force Colonel hubby and son are home and lots more! A re-occurring element in all the books is that when a newt egg-ball is laid in the vernal pool the ancient newt, that can communicate with humans, only comes from a big egg. Now, what happens when there are TWO big eggs! No one knows, not even Newton's parents so we will have to find out in Book Seven...