Pip, Midge, and Dot are enjoying the shade under an apple tree when fruit starts falling around them, causing the hens to suspect a fox is in the tree trying to hit them.

After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

Picked last for kickball, Amelia Bedelia gets another chance to prove her athleticism when her class holds a mini-Oylympics.

When the new vice principal is put in charge of Ella Mentry School for a few days, she tries out some very unusual ideas about how students learn.

A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.

"A. J. and the Ella Mentry School gang learn some unusual self-defense moves from a wacky teacher who thinks he's an action hero"--

"Icky Ricky is up to his eyeballs in trouble and in ick--giving a funeral for a pizza, dealing with a one-eyed squirrel, and dressing up as Bigfoot"--

"George is great at remembering things. When it's time to get ready for school, he remembers to wake up his family and put on his favorite fuzzy sweater and brand-new superhero watch. So why does George feel like he is forgetting something? Readers know what George forgot, but will he ever figure it out?"--

Tired of the unfairness of life, young Luke Pennybaker decides to run for president, with his dog Lily as his running mate.

Elvis the rooster thinks he has died when he fails to crow at the rising of the sun but the chickens find a way to restore his cluck.