In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.

Relates a boy's excitement in buying the perfect pumpkin and then making the perfect jack-o-lantern. On board pages.

The children in Mrs. Madoff's class make special Valentine's cards to send to a friend in Japan and to share at their classroom celebration.

John can do nothing well until a snail gives him one hundred fabulous stories to tell, but when even they wear thin, he goes in search of the snail again.

A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs.

Mrs. Madoff asks each child in her class to share their plans for Mother's Day and helps her students make a special gift.

Chip starts taking karate lessons to be like the hero of his favorite television show, but his impatience to earn a belt gets in the way of learning the true spirit of karate.

Brendan and Belinda and their dad, Mr. Porker, learn that being a good sport means playing the game well and having fun too.

Before finding the robin she is searching for, a child discovers other interesting fauna and flora in her backyard.