In a snug, dry hole in an oak tree, one night in April four little raccoons are born. The father raccoon has left the den before the birth of his babies and has no part in raising his family. That is the mother raccoon's work. The little raccoons follow their mother into the outside world; they are protected by their mother until they are old enough to leave their den and have families of their own.

This is a life story of raccoons, following them from the time they are born until two Aprils later. A section at the end of the book introduces the strange relatives of the raccoon. 

From the dust jacket