After her parents' divorce, eighth-grader Rachel Lee joins her mother's new housecleaning business, which has her scrubbing bathrooms in her more popular classmates' homes and learning useful secrets.

Five little monkeys are bored, but their mother has them clean up the house for Grandma Bessie's visit.

Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.

Grandma Twilly cannot find the motivation to get her house cleaned, until she discovers a mouse in her house.

"Federica's busy family can't keep their house clean! To get away from the buzzy, buggy mess, she escapes to the peaceful park where she can spend time with her animal friends--which gives her an idea."--

Two married wizards find that using magic to do the household chores can produce unusual results.

Describes how a young girl curtsies and whirls, waltzes and jigs as she sweeps the house.

Follows the misadventures of Boo and Baa as they prepare to clean the house.