Although reluctant at first, the second graders in Mr. Hopper's class follow new student Luna's suggestion and perform as stars in a "midnight circus" on Family Night.

Mia the kitten is so excited about her first day of ballet class that she accidentally brings her big sister's tutu instead of her own.

"Mia's big sister, Ava, is the star of a real ballet----and Mia's dance class is going to visit her!"--P. [4] of cover.

With a warm pair of mittens, Zoey the chicken and Sam the pig head to the North Pole on a snowy day, thanks to their imaginations.

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Amelia Bedelia is always getting herself into trouble! When Mrs. Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what she is told; she puts cereal in the coffee. Mrs. Rogers is so angry she fires her! Poor Amelia Bedelia must look for another job. At each place she tries-the beauty shop, the dress shop, and the doctor's office-Amelia Bedelia...

When a mouse learns that he is to be the main ingredient in the weasel's mouse soup he concocts four tales to delay its preparation.

Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

Although excited at the prospect of a fancy class trip to the art museum, the bumpy bus ride to get there leaves Nancy feeling anything but fancy.

Mia the kitten is so excited about the show that her ballet class will be doing, but when Anna leaves clas early, Mia is afraid that she will not learn the dance in time.

Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.