A Stepping stone book

Describes trends in hygiene throughout the ages and how people arrived at the realization that dirty was bad and clean was good.

With the help of a rat costume, Tod Watson is transformed from an ordinary eight-year-old into a superhero name Ratman.

Nine-year-old Boon has grown too old to see her imaginary friend O'Diddy, so in his lonesome desperation he concocts a scheme to force her into remembering him.

When Ryan's parents give him a toy poodle puppy, Ryan is disappointed that the dog is not bigger, but quickly learns that Brutus is the best dog ever.

Fourth grader Tommy Price, Jr., and his friend Bonnie Sue, whose families work for area rodeos, investigate the mysterious occurrences that threaten to close down the Red Bluffs Rodeo and stop country singer Mel Jones from performing.

Explains how to care for and train gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, mice, turtles, goldfish, and parakeets.

Explains the formation of different kinds of clouds, what they are called, what they indicate about changing weather, and how they "make" rain, snow, sleet, hail, or fog.

Discusses the properties of sound and the natural and man-made instruments that produce it.

Discusses the characteristics of the three states of matter--solids, liquids, and gases.

From the time a giant squirrel curses Farmer Johnson's best hunting dog, things are never the same around the farm, and hunting little animals ceases to be a sport.