In illustrations and brief text, presents twelve rules to live by, accompanied by silly alternatives, such as "Do help keep the house clean" and

Instructs on compromising to avoid fights and on handling disagreements by self-assertiveness short of fighting.

Discusses the different kinds of tattling, why people do it, and why it is better not to tattle.

When the veterinarian determines that Sarah's cat has used up eight of his nine lives, will the high-spirited feline finally stop misbehaving?

A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or bedtime but everything change

Estie, who does not always like people very much, enjoys pretending to be an animal--until she finds out how to be a "mensch."

A little girl tries to be good but soon discovers that being bad is ever so much more fun.

Mr. Nobody feels so unimportant that he's very unhappy--until a wizard assures him that he is, in fact, somebody.

Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to di

"A young boy gets sent to time out and his imagination soars"--

Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease he