After meeting a sea rat and hearing the mice and the birds talk about leaving for the winter, Rat decides he should set out on an adventure, but his best friend Mole reminds him why he loves life on the river.
For a chance to win a trip to Space Camp, Jim sets out to collect 10,000 Blast Off Energy Bar wrappers, grouping them as he goes to make counting easier, and soon the whole town is helping him out.
Garden-talent fairy Lily invents a new kind of flower that she names the panglory, and while the blooms start out as she expects, they soon lose their color, along with all of the other plants in Pixie Hollow.
When Splat takes home his class project of fertilized chicken eggs, the eggs hatch and chicks wind up all over the place, forcing Splat to round them all up.
Presents a history of the Negro leagues, in the form of a school report written by a young girl named Emily Brooks after a visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
A skill-building reader introduces the "-ot" word family in a story that finds Splat the Cat excitedly participating in Cat Scouts jamboree activities, including knot tying, fire building and escaping a mud puddle.
