Upon realizing that she has stayed at her friend's house longer than she should have, Sarah decides to sneak home rather than call her father and finds herself in a night filled with hairy, scary animals.

A mischievous pumpkin threatens to eat Mrs. McMurphy. Mrs. McMurphy tries to get rid of it, including sending it to the North Pole, but it keeps coming back. Fortunately, this crafty lady has a few tricks up her sleeve.

A collection of jokes about sports.

Mr. Cat and Mr. Rat enjoy playing tricks on one another, but they discover true friendship after one receives a tasty gift that he believes is from the other.

A boy is surprised by people's reactions when he and six thousand rats visit a big city, in a tale that features conjunctions from "and" to "yet."

Frankenstein is the scariest of all the monsters in Miss Devel's castle until one night when he loses his head.

Rhyming text explores the many ways one can dance, like the leader of a marching band, like a crab on a sunny day, like a tree as it waves in the breeze.