Hank has never been fond of his sister's pet iguana, and their relationship worsens when she lays her eggs inside his science project.

A series of short silly stories takes a humorous look at the activities of various members of the Hocky family.

A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.

When Amelia Bedelia wakes up with a fever, she passes the time learning about weather, resting, and eating some chicken soup.

Mr. Sneeze brings a wizard back to Coldland who ends that country's perpetual winter.

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Because of a recent string of embarrassing behavior, Kitty's cat license has been revoked and she must take a test to get it back so she can still be a cat.

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another. Amelia Bedelia is always getting herself into trouble! When Mrs. Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what she is told; she puts cereal in the coffee. Mrs. Rogers is so angry she fires her! Poor Amelia Bedelia must look for another job. At each place she tries-the beauty shop, the dress shop, and the doctor's office-Amelia Bedelia...

Nolan is delighted to find a stray backhoe and, after naming it Joe and persuading it to follow him home, he sets out to train it so that his parents will let him keep Joe as his very own.