A fable explaining how a staring contest left frogs with large eyes.

When Ann worries that she is not good enough to participate in Sports Day, her teacher encourages her to try her best.

"Discover the stages in a butterfly's development-- from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful winged insect!"--Page 4 of cover.

"Who ordered flowers at the spooky old house? Was it really a ghost that Martha saw?"--Page 4 of cover.

"Could there be a Bigfoot monster hiding in the woods of Flea Island?"--Page 4 of cover.

When Mr. Green wakes up from his nap, he finds fresh baked cookies and a note that says they are terrible and not to eat them.

"Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious! Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder--and then she broke a mirror--so now she thinks she's jinxed! Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence. But when a nearby toddler stumbles and a waiter takes a clumsy spill, Martha worries that her bad luck might be rubbing off on everybody else. Will Martha be spreading bad luck for seven whole years?"--Publisher.

Mr. Green gets a whopping case of stage fright at the local talent show.

Martha and Helen decide to enter Wagstaff City's Go Green Go-Cart race. They do some research and visit the junkyard to find what they need to built a solar-powered cart. T.D. and Alice also visit he junkyard because they are making a wind-powered cart. Ronald and Reginald win the race with their cart "powered by a goldfish" but later they fight and crash into a post revealing that it is a lawnmower! T.D. and Alice are the real winners and Junkyard...