A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

Preparing for the arrival of an important visitor, a wacky housekeeper follows her employer's instructions with humorous results.

Miss Alma is going to have a shower at the Rogers-Bedelia House. So Amelia Bedelia almost crashes the party with her cousin. She puts prunes all over the hedges, ices raw fish with chocolate frosting, stomps on Mrs Rogers's favorite tablecloth, and sprays all the party guests with the hose. But she knows how to do one thing the right way, and that is to make chocolate cupcakes

When young Otter built his slide far from water, animals tried to catch him, but beaver helped him escape.

When Grandma Bear sends a kiss to Little Bear, it travels a peculiar route and through many animals until it finally reaches Little Bear.

Because the farmer's wife insists on cleaning his mud puddle, a little pig runs away to the city where he becomes permanently stuck in what he thought was a mud puddle.

Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.

The adventures of best friends Frog and Toad, including Frog's suffering a bad cold and Toad's embarrassment over his unflattering bathing suit, are accompanied by material on the origins of books in the "I Can Read" series.

Johnny Lion has a bad cold and the medicine he takes and the dreams he has are both terrible.

Although everyone thought Ootah too young to hunt, he brought home a walrus when the rest of the hunters returned empty-handed.