Robert N Munsch

Lance goes trick-or-treating with such a scary face that he is able to help himself to all his neighbors' candy.

When Aaron hurts his hair's feelings by saying he hates it, his hair runs away and jumps onto other people and into trouble.

Despite the warnings of her mother and father, Anna persists in trying to climb things, until she gets stuck in the top of a tree and needs their help to get down.

Rene asks her father and mother to build her a playhouse, a play barn, a play cow, and more, until finally her parents decide that they'd like to have a play Rene.

Whether by showing his baby pictures to his teacher or smoothing his hair with spit, Andrew's mother constantly embarrasses him while at the mall until he figures out a way to get even.

"Matthew's parents think he should play on a sports team. How will he ever learn about teamwork if all he does is draw pictures all day? His mom signs him up for baseball. But out on the field, Matthew is too busy looking at stuff to catch the ball. When a ball falls directly into his glove, he draws a picture on it, and throws it back. The players toss him another, and another, and another, and he draws on those too. Soon, it's a toss-o-rama, as...

When Lacey reluctantly wears to school a shirt from her grandma that says "Kiss me, I'm perfect," she is pleasantly surprised by what happens.