After shocking the elegant garden party by using a bad word, Elbert learns some acceptable substitutes from a helpful wizard.

Betty the gorilla gets very upset when she is unable to peel her banana, and every effort Mr. Toucan makes to help her only seems to make things worse.

Stewart is so eager to go with his parents on his first camping trip ever that he will do anything to make the time pass more quickly.

A little girl pleads her innocence from her time-out chair by contrasting her behavior with that of wild and ferocious animals.

A child learns that there are consequences for thoughtless behavior, from feeding popcorn to a bear at the zoo to dropping an empty can out of a car window.

The students in Ms. Plum's third grade class soon learn that there is something very special about their teacher and her classroom's mysterious supply closet.

Story about an apathetic little boy who is swallowed by a lion.

In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak.

In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

The new boy in class is a disruptive pest until one child remembers how bad it feels to be new at school and makes friends with Sid.