Thaler, Mike

With summer vacation over, Hubie is getting ready to go back to school which is worse than actually going to class because his mom picks out all the wrong clothes, he has to have back-to-back shots, and he hears rumors of a new teacher worse than any other.

After getting so bundled up that he can hardly move, Hubie tries to enjoy his snow day off from school.

Hubie is struggling to prepare his pranks for April Fools' Day as he realizes the whoopee cushion, the rubber tarantula, and the fly in the ice cube just aren't good enough anymore.

A young boy finds that the wierd, scary and otherwise unpleasant things he has heard about his art teacher are untrue.

The students in Mrs. Green's class think their new classmate is from Mars and wonder what he will be like, only to be surprised when they find out where he is really from.

A real author is coming to visit Mrs. Green's class and Hubie wants to be ready and wonders if she will bore the class.

A student's imagination runs away with thoughts about the new student coming to his class, but he discovers the student is from China and his parents own a restaurant.

A boy contemplates all the horrible stories he has heard about the computer teacher, Miss Pluggins, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.

A student fears the new boy at school because of the horrible things he has heard, but he discovers the new student is just big.

Students find that visiting the school library is not the experience they had anticipated.