A boy contemplates all the horrible stories he has heard about the computer teacher, Miss Pluggins, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cake. I don't know why she swallowed the cake. It was a mistake! Scholastic's Old Lady is more popular than ever, and in celebration she's swallowing a cake... and a candle, and a sign, and some balloons, and a hat, and some gifts. Can you guess why?

When Mrs. Green announces that Friday is class picture day, Hubie spends the rest of the week worrying about how he will look and practicing poses.

You won't believe why the Old Lady swallowed a cactus, sand, a snake, a coyote, sun tan lotion, a canteen, and a parasol! There was an old lady who swallowed a cactus. I don't know why she swallowed a cactus but it took lots of practice. Filled with hilarious illustrations and fun rhyming text, this is the latest book in the Old Lady series that's perfect for young readers.

The school librarian says a book fair is coming to the school, but one little boy has heard some weird things about what will happen.

On the first day of a new school year Mrs. Green's imagination runs wild as she thinks of all the horrible things she's heard about her new class, including that they've sent their previous three teachers into early retirement.

In this adaptation of the traditional nursery rhyme, an astronaut swallows the Moon and other celestial objects, while two children ask questions about the Solar System and outer space.

Baseball fever is catching, but Hubie just feels sick! Everyone is going batty because baseball tryouts are coming up. Too bad, last season, the only hit hubie got was on his head.

A boy contemplates all the horrible stories he has heard about the art teacher, Krayolla Swamp, the strange things she has in her classroom, and how she expects her students to express themselves.

"Hubie has the strangest science teacher ever! Mr. Hyde has the class do the weirdest experiments. This week, Hubie is going to create his own slime. So gooey! So disgusting! How will Hubie ever make a clean getaway from school?" -- Back cover.