Relates five adventures of Owl.

A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

As Amelia Bedelia helps Mrs. Rogers prepare for Christmas, she bakes a date cake with a calendar in it and stuffs the children's stockings with turkey stuffing.

Although Arthur loses the Super Chimp Club contest, his pupil, sister Violet, wins the first grade reading competition and a prize for them both.

Aunt Eater the anteater finds plenty of mysteries to solve when she attends a Halloween costume party.

Mirabel, a goose, and her friend, Maxie, a frog, get a scare one day when a king cobra escapes from the zoo.