After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

When Stanley's fire safety poster wins a contest, he gets to visit a firehouse, where he climbs onto a real fire truck, slides down the fire pole, and helps out in a real emergency.

Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.

Told in rhyme, Moby puts his ninja skills to work "helping" at the local firehouse, but he ends up making more work for the fire fighters--but his skills do come in handy when a cat needs rescuing.

"Little Critter and his classmates are taking a trip to the firehouse--join Little Critter as he learns to stop, drop, and roll with Fireman Joe!"--Cover back.