On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

Hubie feels left out when his teacher announces a class costume party and he, unlike his classmates, has no ideas about what to wear.

Activities at a birthday party for Clifford, the big red dog, provide opportunities for counting balloons, presents, and other objects from one to ten.

Having to take her younger sister along the first time she is invited to a birthday party spoils Rubina's fun, and later when that sister is asked to a party and baby sister wants to come, Rubina must decide whether to help.

An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour; but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief.

"Why is Ben too busy to play with Muddy Paws? And why is there so much delicious smelling food in the kitchen?"-- Cover verso.

Alex's search for his missing dog, Jet, leads him to a tea party in his sister's room.

Nancy and her friends go to an April Fool's party thrown by a classmate and they investigate when the expensive electronics belonging to two of the guests go missing.

Chicken decides to hold a party, but Cockerel makes trouble by trying to exclude the animals he thinks are too untidy.