Roar! It's not bad enough that Mom and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now two of Judy's friends are going Splitsville, too. Just when it looks like her summer is going to be BOR-ing, Judy comes up with the most thrill-a-delic plan ever.

Roxaboxen looks like nothing but rocks and sand, but it is really a place of jeweled homes and streets edged in white stones--fertile places where a child's imagination can really soar.

Max wants to play with his crayons, but Ruby wants him to be the patient so that she and Louise can play doctor.

Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.

Five-year-old Birdie loves her mother's shoes, but when she is finally granted permission to wear some for a little while, she discovers that her "barefoot shoes" are best of all.

Dressing as princesses and knights, Fancy Nancy and her friends go off in search of a unicorn in her backyard.

The other WellieWishers promise to help Kendall build a snow fort to keep the animals warm in the winter, but they find there are too many other fun things to do in the snow.

"Otis the beloved tractor loves to play on the farm with his animal friends. They jump, they play, they chase, they march-and they always have fun!"--P. [4] of cover.

When the monster under his bed goes fishing, Ethan interviews some substitute monsters, but finds none of them are as good as his own.