In three episodes from the Wubbulous world of Dr. Seuss, the cat and his friends pretend to be pirates, everybody contemplates the length of King Lindy of Lime's beard, and the cat and his friends try to prevent the spread of a cold.
A simplified, abridged version of the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century, accompanied by a short biography of Mark Twain and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of imagination.
Third-grader Matthew McGhee's worries over homework, allowance, and staying out of trouble evaporate when he discovers he can control people with his mind, but everything goes awry when he loses control of his power.
Bertil tells his family that a rowdy pair of elephants is responsible for all the bathroom messes, but his delight in the creatures turns to fear when the elephants refuse to allow him any peace and privacy.
The city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even fruit.
