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A visit from a very big cat in a very big hat creates so much excitement that Sally and Conrad forget all about being bored.

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa.

Tells of Thomas Jefferson's trip to France in 1784, and all the exotic foods he learned about and then introduced to America, including ice cream, macaroni and cheese, and tomatoes.

Relates the feats of Barry, the St. Bernard dog whose name, to this day, honors the best dog at the St. Bernard Monastery.