After John is scolded for running like a horse, wiggling like a monkey, and singing like a bird, he puts all the animals away in his mind and they must come out to play in his dreams.
After being kidnapped by a toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has many adventures and makes many animal friends before meeting the perfect mate just her size.
Jason's classmates decide the best idea for the Earth Day contest is to grow a grass patch like Jason suggested. But when all the planting and watering yields no grass, some of the students begin to doubt Jason's idea.
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text retell the legend of Robin Hood, the outlaw, and how the sheriff invites the butcher to dinner, hoping to cheat him out of money, but is surprised when the butcher turns out to be Robin Hood.
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text retell the Lakota legend in which a two young warriors encounter a giant bear known as Mato, and were saved with the "great spirit" reshaped the ground under their feet, creating the landform known as the Devils Tower.
Classroom pets Lenny the lizard, Shelly the turtle, and Alice the mouse share exciting summer adventures with the students who keep them over the vacation break.