Beatrice enjoys learning to spell, and gets really excited about it after some encouragement from her grandmother, but she has trouble convincing her classmates that spelling is not boring.
While attending his first "night party" to celebrate Great-Gran Sadie's 100th birthday, Robert's manners disappoint family members and relatives but please the guest of honor who loves his dance steps.
Left behind when his family goes to the beach, Montezuma the dog gets revenge by bringing home a scruffy dog he meets in the park and giving him the run of the house.