A visit to the park includes playing in the sand and on the seesaw.

Lola, a shrew, is famous all over West Meadow for her temper tantrums, but when her cousin Lester comes for a visit and gets special treatment just because he demands it, Lola begins to rethink her behavior.

Explains the science behind how sight occurs, discusses the links between light, sight, and the brain, examines the phenomena of optical illusions, looks at some of the things that can go wrong with vision, and examines ways to protect the eyes.

One after another the children become frightened as they hear strange noises coming from the attic and imagine there is a horrible monster in the castle.

Splurge becomes attached to the fuzzy blue "friend" he finds floating in the water and is unhappy when he cannot find it one morning.

Because Mrs. Marsh is always in her classroom before the students arrive and always stays after they leave, Mollie becomes convinced that her teacher has no home other than the school.