When dirty laundry under his bed gives life to a tiny civilization that worships him, twelve-year-old Todd must protect the Toddlians from a school bully.
"When his room begins to have a funny smell and he has a hard time finding things, Joe's parents insist on a garage sale to dispose of the junk Joe has collected.
In the first of two stories, Yuck makes a deal with his mother to stop picking his nose, making the whole family suspicious; and in the second, Yuck has an idea to make sure his mother never again nags him about wearing clean socks.
At first Claudia enjoys her new bathtub, which becomes in turn a fire engine, a floating hospital, and a spaceship, but then she grows tired of being clean and refuses to take a bath, no matter how dirty she gets.