Publisher Annotation: Chirton Krauss is a good child -- the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is NOT quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when...

Carmen discovers that good families do have farts.

Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.

David follows his older brother around, annoying him and doing everything he can to make sure his brother notices him--but when David gets hurt playing, his brother is there to make sure he is okay.

Grouch, Grump, and little Gloom 'n' Doom spend much of their time arguing over who is the "biggest and baddest" until they build a monster together that turns out to be very different that what they expect.

Fifth-grader Hank enters his dachshund Cheerio in a contest to choose a new mascot for his school.

Thing-Thing is a stuffed toy who is thrown out a window of a hotel by a spoiled, rich boy and finds a home with a baby in a carriage when he lands.

It is the first day of school for Tony Baloney, the macaroni penguin, and he wants to follow all the class rules, but Tony has a way of finding trouble.

Someone is causing a lot of trouble during and after supper, but Millie is certainly not the guilty one.

After her mother's death, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary are taken in by Aunt Cora, who runs a dancing school where Rachel's spoiled cousin Dulcie is the star pupil.