Nick Allen is very bright, but he often gets into trouble at school. When he starts fifth grade with Mrs. Granger, who has a reputation for never letting her studnets get away with anything, it looks like his trouble-making days is over.

When he falls asleep with a book in his arms, a young boy dreams an amazing dream -- about dragons, about castles, and about an uncharted, faraway land. And you can come along.

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam. "A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep."--...

The numbers from one to ten are introduced as a picnic is begun, enjoyed, and then rained out.

Carl, the family dog, is left in charge of the baby while his owner goes to the upstairs level in a shopping center. Carl and the baby have a wonderful time exploring the lower level.

A wordless tale in which a bird flying around the dinosaur exhibit in a natural history museum has an unsettling experience when the dinosaurs seem to come alive and view the bird as a potential meal.

In wordless panoramas a lone traveler approaches the New World from the West in the present day and journeys the width of the country backward through time, departing the east coast as the Santa Maria appears over the horizon.

Jerome enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others.

Depicts the adventures of an infant girl and her canine babysitter one day while Mother is out.