A boy who does not want to go to bed has a series of imaginary encounters with a tiger, soldiers, the moon, and others, all of whom convince him to change his mind.
Though Lulu enjoys dressing up as pirate, fairy princess, and astronaut, she especially loves her ladybug costume because she can pretend she is a superhero.
Young Jeremy Jacob is invited to join Braid Beard's pirate crew because he is an expert digger and they need someone to bury their treasure; but as much fun as it is for Jeremy, he begins to miss some of the pleasant things of home.
Edward loves to read about Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, and one afternoon he becomes so absorbed in his book that he finds himself deep in Tarzan's jungle.