Billy makes lists of the things he dislikes about his teacher, but when he starts to think about what his new teacher should be like he makes an interesting discovery.

Enumerates some of the features of the planet Earth, including its climate zones, oceans, and deserts, going from one up to ten and then back down to one again.

The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.

When a grandfather walking through the woods on Christmas Eve becomes lost in a snowstorm, the brightly dressed teddy bear he is bringing home for his granddaughter becomes instrumental in his rescue.

Dudley the dog runs away from home because he feels that something is missing in his life; however, when he returns he finds the friendship for which he searched.

Includes A Pocket for Corduroy (Corduroy goes on an adventure through the Laundromat in search of the one thing he thinks he is missing, a pocket); Blue Burt and Wiggles (two best friends try to make the summer last forever); and Big Al (Big Al wants to make friends, but all of the other fish are afraid of him, until one day he proves what a great friend he can be). Features sign language vocabulary and alphabet fingerspelling.