Second-grader Aiden Allen has seriously wild hair; in fact it keeps forming itself into weird shapes, and interfering with his school day, and nothing he says will make it behave--until finally Aiden and his hair come to a compromise that involves washing.

Bella Legrossi and Boris Kleanitoff, the messiest and cleanest monsters in Booville respectively, do nothing but argue until the night of Harry Beastie's Halloween party.

No matter what kind of messes a little bunny experiences through the day, bath time makes things fresh and new.

When his puppy Mudge gets dirty, Henry has some trouble giving him a bath.

A scare forces a fly to interrupt her bath and she makes a promise to herself to not bathe again because it is too dangerous.

While Andy's parents are at the hospital with a new baby, leaving Andy and his sister at home with their germaphobic aunt, Andy thinks that Aunt Janet wants him to get rid of his pets.

"Egg doesn't want to take a bath, until Peep convinces her to."--

Grace loved to get dirty. But she was also pretty good at getting clean--she took proper care of Hands, paid extra attention to Feet, and even remembered to scrub behind Ears. There was just one body part she tended to forget: Belly Button. Day after day, Belly Button got dirtier...and stinkier...and filthier. Until after one particularly neglectful bath, Belly Button decides she'll have to get outie there to look and smell great again.--

Otis P. Oliver rouses a rabble of neighborhood children to join him in a protest demonstration against baths, but notes from his mother, conveyed by his sisters, lead to a compromise.

Telling his faithful dog to make sure nobody touches his clothes but him, a cowboy jumps into a New Mexico river for a bath, not realizing just how much the scrubbing will change his scent.