Howard McWilliam

When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note saying that Gabe has gone fishing and will be back in a week. He tries out several substitute monsters, but finds that none are as perfect as Gabe.

Explains how certain animals use their noses to help them survive, including a cottontail rabbit, rhinoceros, and a hammerhead shark.

While his great-grandmother seeks her deceased husband, ten-year-old Malcolm and his best friend Dandy have no trouble finding a ghost on which to test Malcolm's latest gadget--a ghost zapper.

"If you could have any animal's tongue, whose would you choose? If you had a gaur's tongue, you could taste test ice-cream flavors. If you had a chameleon's tongue, you could catch any Frisbee. And if you had a wolf's tongue, you'd never break a sweat no matter how hot it got! The animal kingdom has tons of amazing tongues, but yours is pretty great, too!"--

Monster truck Elbow Grease and his brothers meet a monster-cycle, Chopper, and hope to be her friend--until she proves to be faster, smarter, and more capable than they are.

When forced on a camp-out with their fathers, ten-year-olds Malcolm and Dandy seek the smelly ghost of notorious outlaw Wild Willy Wallace, who is believed to haunt his old hideout at Lake Itchyburr.