After her grandfather's funeral, Sarah wakes her father in the middle of the night so they can go to the lighthouse her grandfather loved and remember other night-time visits there.
Despite the warnings of her mother and father, Anna persists in trying to climb things, until she gets stuck in the top of a tree and needs their help to get down.
An illustrated collection of five quirky children's stories by Robert Munsch, including "The Paper Bag Princess"; "The Fire Station"; "I Have to Go!"; "David's Father"; and "Thomas' Snowsuit.".
Jule Ann is afraid to go outside because a mud puddle keeps jumping on her and getting her muddy. Then she has an idea about how to get rid of the mud puddle.
Young Carmen is assured by her parents and the police that there are some things--such as flatulence--that just do not happen in good Canadian families, but that is before the foul thing lurking in her bedroom overwhelms them all.