Illustrations and rhyming text reveal the terrible ways monsters may behave in one's home, on crowded sidewalks, on a bus, or at school as they do what they wish without thinking of others.
During a thunderstorm, the farm animals are frightened out of the barn by a monster, and only cow friends Minnie and Moo are brave enough to investigate.
Fourteen-year-old Al Capsella, desperately trying to be normal and blend in with the rest of the crowd, is constantly embarrassed by his highly unconventional parents.
Thea Stilton, Geronimo's sister, is invited to teach a journalism class at prestigous Mouseford Academy and she and five amazing students solve the mystery of a student that disappeared.
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf.
Peggy receives a mysterious call from the Viper warning that he is coming in one year, with repeated calls which count down the dwindling time until his arrival.
When alien dogs visit Lugenheimer Elementary School during the fifth-grade fundraiser--a dog wash--to select human pets for their home planet, Bowwowwowwow, Bob and Clementine and their superhero friend, Hot Dog, must stop them.
When all of the fifth-graders from Lugenheimer Elementary School are transported to the domain of the rapping Gutter Gator to compete in life-or-death games, it is up to Bob, his best friend Clementine, and superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot to rescue them.