Hubie the mouse and his famiy take the Broadway Blazer to the 1939 World's Fair, but Hubie gets off and has a series of adventures

Fired from the circus, a performing bear goes in search of a new home.

Despite Dolores and Lavinia's nasty cards, Emma the witch and her friends have a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.

Wilfred the rat stumbles into a museum, where he befriends the animals living there and enjoys the many exhibits.

The author recalls the summers he and his brother spent at their grandparents' house near the beach.

The animals of Mud Flats go about their preparations for Christmas in their own ways.

In this sixth book in the autobiographical series, the author/artist "looks back without nostalgia, but with a warm, droll self-acceptance that kids love. Here he remembers all kinds of wishes he had as a boy....His list of wishes ranges from the mundane to the troubled to the fantastic....Read this book aloud many times: alone and in groups, kids will fill in their own funny and important and impossible dreams."--Booklist.

During a family vacation, Hubie the mouse falls out of a dirigible and is stranded on a tropical island, where a very inventive porcupine helps him overcome his fears.