Introduces fiction and nonfiction comprehension and interpretation skills for the early grades, discussing structural patterns, themes, genres, text organizers, and summaries.
Lionel and Leona read a story about a king and his hawk, and because it is so sad, they decide to hide the book so no one else will read it and be upset.
After reading the story of Pandora's box, Lionel and Leona's curiosity gets the better of them when they find a similar box and decide it must be opened.
Leona is unable to fall asleep for trying to think of a way to help the queen in her bedtime story whose attempts to touch the moon are met with failure.
The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy all of monster kind.