Gus despairs of coming up with something interesting and impressive for his second-grade class's show-and-tell, until he gets a great idea while visiting Grandpa.
Little Critter wants to bring in the perfect thing for Show and Share with his class, but with so many options, he has a hard time making the right choice.
Beatrice enjoys learning to spell, and gets really excited about it after some encouragement from her grandmother, but she has trouble convincing her classmates that spelling is not boring.
Desperate to bring something exciting to show and tell at school, Ned invents a Mix-Up Ray and causes a commotion when Cathy becomes a yacht, the school bus becomes a sub, and his teacher, Mrs. Eton, becomes a monster.
When her brother catches a cold, Pinky Dinky Doo, an imaginative young girl, tells him a silly story about the time she and her classmates caught the Polka Dot Pox.
Sam searches through all of his toys but can't find anything good enough to take to school for show and tell until his troublesome little brother appears.