A hungry mouse, a lonely goldfish and a shy lizard are just some of the characters sharing an old, empty house on Walnut Street.

The Very Best Thing In Whole Wide World is a collection of stories and poems celebrating life and friendship through the lens of an old, Victorian-style house. Once grand, the old house has long been abandoned.

The house serves as both a setting and main character in the adventures of a group of small animals who call it home, a home they must eventually learn to share with a new, young family hoping to make the old house grand again.