Mike Thaler

A boy contemplates all the horrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.

A young boy imagines the worst about his new bus driver.

It's Dental Heath Month, and some strange dentist is going to be poking his head into the mouths of all the students. Hubie has heard all kinds of wild things about dentists. Some say they have four hands and two heads, and that they put crazy things like bridges and crowns in people's mouths. How on earth can you fit a bridge in someone's mouth? When it's Hubie's turn to show off his choppers, he's obviously very nervous. What on earth will the dentist...

When Mrs. Green announces that a new student from far away is joining their class, her students worry that he may be a giant chicken, a bionic turnip, a body snatcher, or even from Mars.

To celebrate the 100th day of school everyone must bring in 100 of something. Hubie can't decide what to bring.

"It's St. Patrick's Day and Hubie needs to find something green to wear for the big class parade. Leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, pickles - how can he possibly make a decision with all these great options?" (publisher).

"Hubie's class has to play a football game against the older kids in school. But how can they even think of winning when the only touchdowns that they score are for the other team? This game is going to be a real fumble."--Back cover.

"It is time for a class trip, and all Hubie's friends want to go to the amusement park. But Hubie doesn't. Waiting in long lines? Rides named after natural disasters? There's nothing amusing about that. Today is going to be a real roller coaster ride."--Back cover.

When his teacher requires that everyone in class take part in the talent show, a boy asks his mother for suggestions and she insists he start taking piano lessons.