Clifford doesn't want to go to the vet for his itch.

Corduroy sets out to make Lisa a special surprise for her birthday, but it turns out to be much harder than it looks.

Dora's mother is having twins, and Dora can't wait to be their big sister.

When the beans that Lisa has planted are dug up by a dog, Corduroy reseeds the garden that he was supposed to be watching, but he and Lisa are in for a surprise when the "beans" finally appear on the vines.

A plastic bottle describes its journey from the refinery through a recycling plant, after which it was used as part of a space suit.

"Max is a little monster who likes to litter and never, ever recycles. Then the electricity goes out and he sees how exciting and beautiful the Earth is-- and that it will need his help to stay that way" -- p. [4] of cover.

"Peek into this diary of an aluminum can as it goes on a journey from the manufacturing line to the store shelf to a little girl's home to a garbage can and finally to a recycling plant, where it emerges into its new life...as a baseball bat!"--Cover back.

When Bob the builder is too sick to work, his assistant Wendy helps the trucks fix the road for him.

Bob the builder leaves Dizzy the cement mixer to guard a nest of eggs.

Rhyming text shows Fred and his toys getting ready for bed.