A young boy launches a paper boat onto a river, and wonders at all the adventures the boat will have on its way to the ocean, all while various helpers pass the boat along on its journey.
When Nicholas finds a small chimpanzee hiding behind the books on the O shelf in the library, he has to help the head librarian find out which book the chimpanzee belongs in by going inside the library's books.
Sarah and Ben, unable to get their teacher to believe a local storekeeper zapped a shoplifter into a frog, concoct a science project designed to prove Anastasia Morningstar can perform magic.