Recounts two stories about Adam Joshua in which he chooses a scary Halloween costume and learns about stealing when he takes a Superman book from the school library.
Although they misunderstand when Zounds says that trouble is coming, Wizard and his dog Wart manage to handle the spark ants, flood, and cold weather that ensue.
Devastated when his little sister and his dog George demolish his science project on the solar system, Adam Joshua becomes ingenious and inventive in coming up with a last-minute replacement.
Five stories relate the adventures and misadventures of Adam Joshua as he contends with the first day of school, pretending to be sick, stealing a library book, making the scariest Halloween costume, and being upstaged at show-and-tell time.
Adam Joshua and his classmates become even more anxious about the approaching maternity leave of their favorite teacher Ms. D. when they are each assigned an egg baby in a class project about parenting.
