"Percy does a grand job delivering the mail. But will anyone ever send him a letter?"--P. [4] of cover.

How loud can your average middle-grader burp? Parents, librarians, and innocent bystanders are about to find out. This follow-up to the equally alluring WHY IS SNOT GREEN? tackles more of life's burning questions, many submitted by real-life ten-year-olds Could we use animal poop to make electricity? What's the world's deadliest disease? Why is your mother turning green? Part silly, part serious, and a big part scatological, HOW LOUD CAN YOU BURP?...

Poppy's excited when she hears that her family will be getting her a friend for company, but is taken aback when said friend turns out to be a kitten, rather than a puppy.

It's Mom's birthday, so Tim and Suzy are planning a special pirate show for her. George and Poppy are helping by gathering and watching over the treasures. But then the neighbor's pet tortoise goes missing, and, even worse, so does Dad's birthday present for Mom! To top things off, Poppy hurts herself and has to wear a cone around her neck. What's a pirate dog to do?

When the Badcat Gang of stray cats plans a coup at the barbeque next door, it is little Hattie the hamster that ends up saving the day.

When Beastly Basil goes to summer camp, he is afraid everyone is going to find out his terrible secret, but instead he is shown what true friendship really means.

"Based on actual events. When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew"--Container.

Presents useful information and facts on some of the most common fears, from poisonous spiders and shark bites in the ocean to the probability of being struck by lightning or killed by a flesh-eating bacteria.