Desi, a lady with light-brown pores and skin and dark-brown hair, explains that within the round land the place she lives, creatures known as Tocks reside at every variety of the clock face; together with her canine and cat, she visits every one. First is the Phloon, a stringy, singing creature who lives on a dune at midday; she later takes a rowboat to see the octopuslike Gloor at 4 and ventures by way of a snowy forest to see the dangling, spiderlike Sline at 9. Throughout her visits, Desi explains the Tocks’ traits, talents, and personalities. Some are scary, however others are nice, such because the Thevin, a big, purple creature with a “toy prepare that / brings tea and lemon.” The trio returns to “the place the Phloon stood at midday,” and at midnight, they obtain good-night needs from an enormous, multicolored Zight. Younger readers will benefit from the whimsical settings and the imaginative, participating Tocks whereas familiarizing themselves with numbers and the hours of the clock. The brightly coloured, cartoonlike illustrations embrace many enjoyable particulars, as when Desi and her pets are seen dressed up for a fancy celebration on the Thevin’s. Backdrops embrace quirky thematic parts, reminiscent of a wall adorned with the lyrics to “Hickory Dickory Dock.”