When Sally and Nick's maple tree won't grow, the Cat in the Hat calls Dr. Twiggles who suggests they inspect its roots, and sure enough, the maple tree needs water and sunlight.
The Cat in the Hat helps Sally and Nick choose what kind of tail they might like best during an imaginative trip to the jungle that reveals the purposes of various tails.
Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Includes a Latin-English glossary and a note on the verse form and rhythm.
On a beautiful morning when even the Grinch woke up whistling, he soon returns to spreading gloom until the Cat in the Hat comes up with a plan to ungrinch the Grinch.
The Cat in the Hat, Sally and Nick, and Things One and Two shrink to bee size and learn how bees communicate via dance, collect nectar and spit it into combs, turn it into honey, and seal the combs with wax.
The Cat in the Hat, causing trouble as usual, enlists an entire alphabet of little cats to help him clean up the pink ring he left in the tub at Sally's house.