Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

When Max goes on an egg hunt with his sister, Ruby, he finds everything but Easter eggs.

Ruby and her friend Louise set up a lemonade stand to earn money to buy matching rings, but Max foils their plan.

At bedtime, Grandma tells Max and Ruby three favorite stories about themselves

Fred, Lucy, the baby, and McDuff go to the lake for a picnic, but when ants consume their food, it is up to McDuff to find something for them to eat.

When Max decides to hang his toys on the Christmas tree in place of traditional ornaments, Ruby isn't very happy, but when they notice that the tree doesn't have a topper, Max has just the perfect item in his collection to place on top.

On Christmas Eve, McDuff's persistant woofing begins to annoy Fred and Lucy, but it leads to the rescue of Santa Claus, whose sleigh is stuck in the snow.

When Ruby asks Max to help her collect leaves for a school project, he demonstrates other uses for fallen leaves.

When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats, until one of them tries it for himself.

The Franks play practical jokes, are mean, and generally cut up at school, but find they are the losers when it is square-dance time and no one wants to be paired with either of them.