Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.
The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and is trying to get the students to eat healthier foods.
Boring Mr. Loring retires, and A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.
Froggy isn't looking forward to his check-up because he might get a shot but when it's over and he's pronounced a very healthy frog, Dr. Mugwort is the one who dreads Froggy's next visit.