After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.

"A picture book comically following one girl through each of the four seasons"--

When Amelia Bedelia wakes up with a fever, she passes the time learning about weather, resting, and eating some chicken soup.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dullard move their family to a boring town to avoid any excitment in their lives"--

"Kitty wants to sleep. Puppy wants to play. Can they compromise?"--

Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.

There's a new cafeteria lady at school. Her name is Wanda Belch. Rumour has it that she drives a garbage truck to school. Does Wanda really make a dish called "Roadkill Ravioli?" The students will soon find out!

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.

After getting stuck in a big pile of glue during art class, Matty endures the creative yet unsuccessful attempts of his classmates to break him free.

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years....