Thaler, Mike

If you lean too close to feed the hippopotamus at the zoo, he might eat you.

A student is prepared to get into shape after Coach Kong announces the events for the school's mandatory field day, which he is afraid will include leaping over lions and skipping through snakes.

After relating all of the horrible things the school custodian, Fester Smudge, is known to have done, a student whose locker won't open needs Mr. Smudge's help.

The students in Mrs. Green's class get a bit nervous when she announces she is going to bring in a class pet but will not reveal what it is--letting their imaginations run wild.

While preparing for a class trip to the school library, a young boy recalls all the horrible things he has heard about the librarian and her policies.

To celebrate the 100th day of school everyone must bring in one hundred of something, but Hubie cannot decide what to bring.

Hubie learns a lot about the true spirit of Christmas while stressing over the prospect of having to buy his classmate Penny a gift.

Jane and Jake get a big box. It has puppets in it and a kit to make a puppet stage. What happens next?.