Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.

After accidentally ruining his friend's soccer game, Curious George enrolls in a soccer camp where he learns about the rules of the game and makes some mischief for the team.

Five stories involving the mischievous monkey, Curious George and his friend, the Man with the Yellow Hat.

Curious George inadvertently causes a sensation at his first Halloween costume party.

"Monkey and Elephant are very good friends who have a lot in common. They both like morning time. They both like shiny rocks. And they both like to hear their own voices: "TAH. TAH. TAH." But Monkey is Monkey and Elephant is Elephant. They are not exactly the same. So when Elephant starts to sneeze--achoo!--Monkey has her own ideas of what will make him feel better. And when Monkey gets the sniffles, Elephant has his own ideas of what will make her...

After the zoo closes, monkey slips out of his cage to explore the zoo, introducing the reader to the other animals and the idea of opposites.

When the man with the yellow hat tells George that he is planning a surprise, of course George is curious. Before long George finds a hat, noisemakers, decorations, and games. It must be a birthday! But whose birthday is it? That's the surprise!

Separated from the man in the yellow hat while at a Christmas tree farm, Curious George ends up at a hospital where he delights the child patients with his own brand of tree trimming.

"Gogi and the other shadowwalkers race to save their magical rainforest home before the Ant Queen makes it her own"--

A curious monkey who is tired of being small dreams of being big but discovers problems with that as well.