Thaler, Mike

A boy expects only the worst until he discovers that librarian Mrs. Beamster is very nice, and the library is his favorite place. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.

Miss Hearse tells the children a dentist is coming to the school to exam their teeth and they all imagine the horrible things he will do to them.

Mrs. Green has organized a class election and instructed everyone to run for something, but Hubey finds himself running for president against Doris, who has bought out the entire class with ice cream.

The students must deal with a scary bus driver named Mr. Fenderbender, mosquitoes as large as Dracula, and their mean teacher, Mrs. Green, on their class trip to the Black Lagoon.

Mrs. Green has heard all kinds of horrible things about her new students and fears it will be a terrible year, only to be pleasantly surprised when they arrive looking like perfectly normal children.

The students in Mrs. Green's class are excited to hear they will be having a substitute teacher, but their plans for partying and having fun all day change when they see who the sub is and what he has planned for the day.

Hubie's dog, Tailspin, has always been a loyal companion. But how did they first meet? When Hubie's mom finally says that he can get a puppy, Hubie has some big decisions to make. There are so many different kinds of dogs to choose from! Luckily, Tailspin, makes the choice easy.

A worried student pictures to himself what Miss Hearse, the school nurse, must be like, based on the rumors he has been hearing from his fellow classmates.