Nancy Poydar

Fearing that his Halloween at school will be ruined because he has left his pirate outfit on the bus, Arnold uses his imagination to come up with a new costume.

Violet has a great new backpack with wheels and zippers, but when the many pockets distract and cause her to misplace her homework she tells a lie to cover it up, so the teacher gives her an even harder assignment.

At Christmas time at the mall, Jack, who is very shy, finds that Santa Claus is shy too.

Sophie wants it to snow and anxiously awaits a predicted snowstorm. Includes instructions for making paper snowflakes.