Captain Red Beard is too sick to organize the Pirate Day party, so it is up to Wally and the other pirate pups to get things ready--the trouble is that the Captain is very particular, and Wally has lost the decoder that would let them read the instructions.

Mr. Fish is feeling down in the dumps--he does not have a friend at school to play with. How can he make a friend? What should he do? With the help of some undersea creatures, Mr. Fish realizes that maybe making friends isn't so scary.

Fox decides to become a tiger because they are fast and sneaky, and soon, his other animal friends are joining in.

"Fox really, really wants to win the jumping contest. He knows just where he'll put that first-place trophy. The only problem, Fox is not a very good jumper. But he is a very good schemer. . . .The irrepressible fox (sort of) wins and (sort of) gets his comeuppance in this hilarious modern-day trickster tale"--Jacket flap.

A collection of three stories featuring Narwhal and Jelly, including one in which they meet Otty, a super-adventurous otter, who causes Jelly to worry that she will take his place as Narwhal's best friend.

Johnny Boo, a friendly young ghost, and his pet ghost Squiggle combine their individual talents to prevent a monster from stealing Johnny's secret ice cream stash.

An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour; but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief. The solution is provided in the end section.

"How cool diary! My cousin Wendy is getting married! We're going to have a big party in the skies, with lots of family, dancing and yummy food. We're about to have an icy blast at the royal wedding of the year! Granddad has even given us jobs as Royal Communications Officers. That's a fancy way of saying that we're going to help everything run as smooth as ice, Diary. I may have accidentally frozen the ballroom and lost track of Gusty, but I'm sure...

A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library in 1991.

Imani is suffering from pre-recital nerves, but with the help of her magic hair she can regain her confidence and play the piano perfectly.