All week long the pigs help out around the farm in unexpected ways.

On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.

Mr. and Mrs. Pig's new babysitter is not what she seems, but their ten piglets prove masters of the situation.

On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...

When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments.

One morning, Benny awakens to find a bassinett is lying next to him. Finally, Benny has a brother!