When Freddy falls out of a tree and breaks his arm, he finds inspiration for his oral report on nocturnal animals.

Nancy works on her first book report about real-life hero Sacajawea, and may be spending too much time trying to make a fancy cover to actually work on the report's content.

Brother gets in trouble when he allows television, his boom box, the telephone, and other distractions to keep him from doing his homework.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Howie always has his homework. Is is possible that a dragon took it?

Buzz is writing a fairy tale for homework, and Fly Guy naturally assumes the role of a handsome prince, who fends off a giant and rescues a beautiful princess.

Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can get way out of hand. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments - herself. So she acquires assistance the mad scientist way, by building a few real, live, steel-plated Franbots.

Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

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