On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monstrous" Mrs. Green.

On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new gym teacher is "Coach Kong, " Mr. Green.

From stories he has heard about the librarian, a young boy imagines the worst when his class visits the school library for the first time.

A boy contemplates all the horrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.

On the first day of school, Mrs. Green wonders what her new class will be like after hearing horror stories about how they sent their last three teachers into early retirement.

Hubie wants to be class president, but he and his friend Eric find out that there can be more to a campaign than just having fun.

Mrs. Green announces that a new student is joining the class, and he is coming from far away. Immediately, everyone makes their guesses about where he is from. Hubie has his own suspicion--the new kid is from Mars!

Hubie just feels sick because baseball fever is catching everyone. The only hit he had last year was when he got hit in the head by a ball. Will he make the big hit this year and knock the ball out of the park?

A young boy's fear increases as he imagines what type of horrible pet mean Mrs. Green will bring to school for the class pet.

Mean Mrs. Green says that everyone has to invent something for the school science fair. But everyone would rather invent a way to get out of it! Hubie can't decide on what he's going to do. He thinks all the good inventions have been done already. And all of his friends have figured out what they are going to do. He tries to decide between cloning himself or building a laugh machine. After a bad dream about cloning, he decides to build a laugh machine....