A young boy named Tim is accused of lying when he tells his parents that a ninja ate the last piece of cake and a sunburned crocodile landed on the roof, so he figures out a way to prove that he is telling the truth.

After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.

When a hero is needed to save the doomed kingdom of Mokia from the evil Librarians, thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry, whose family talents include getting lost and breaking things, answers the call.

When Bill's dad is released from prison on a technicality, he seeks revenge against his son and wife for exposing his insurance fraud schemes, which threatens to expose the Stokes' zombiness.

A cumulative rhyme about a teacher's day, from the time the students rush in and drop their lunches, spill the ant farm, and let loose a snake until they file out and head for home.

Sy Kravitz, a Brooklyn fruit seller, explains why becoming invisible should never happen to you.

A guide to the care and maintenance of mothers, who are, according to the manual, "the most advanced human models on the planet."

Disaster reigns when A.J. participates in the school's holiday pageant celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.

"An irreverent tribute to dads based on silly things that animal dads do and human dads do not"--