A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.

While preparing for a class trip to the school library, a young boy recalls all the horrible things he has heard about the librarian and her policies.

"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"-- Provided by publisher.

When Amelia Bedelia wakes up with a fever, she passes the time learning about weather, resting, and eating some chicken soup.

The classic tale of Cinderella is told by her stepmother, who was not really so wicked after all.

The giant tells what really happened when Jack kept climbing up the beanstalk and sneaking into his house.

Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots but he doesn't have a horse. Then he meets a horse named Maybelline and the two become best friends until Leroy forgets one of the rules for caring for Maybelline and the two are separated. Now Leroy must brave a storm to rescue Maybelline, and in the process, he encounters some familiar characters including Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and Mercy the pig.

In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.

Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.