When his mother goes to the hospital to have a baby, Noah's worst fears about a baby around the house are realized when he goes to stay with Bib and her family.
Through a misunderstanding, Junie B. thinks that her new baby brother is really a baby monkey, and her report of this news creates excitement and trouble in her kindergarten class.
A mother and baby greatly miss Mr. Davies, the dog, when his owner ties him up so he can't cause trouble while walking with them, but Mother finds another solution.
When thirteen-year-old Lyon and his pals leave an abandoned baby on Miss Adeline's front porch, everyone in town, except Lyon's father, believes the baby was sent from heaven.