Rumor has it that the new gym teacher is a real monster, someone who works the students very hard and makes them participate in dangerous activities like playing dodge ball with his truck.

While preparing for a class trip to the school library, a young boy recalls all the horrible things he has heard about the librarian and her policies.

"Our new school bus driver is named T. Rex Fenderbender. We hear he drives like he's in the Indy 500!"--Back cover.

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.

It's another scary day at the Black Lagoon . . . for the new teacher, Mrs. Green. There's a new class coming for the first day of school and Mrs. Green is worried. Is it true that the class is really weird and that they put their last three teachers into early retirement? Will the students really turn into horrible ghouls as soon as they get to school?

The students in Mrs. Green's class get a bit nervous when she announces she is going to bring in a class pet but will not reveal what it is--letting their imaginations run wild.

When Mrs. Green announces that a new student from far away is joining their class, her students worry that he may be a giant chicken, a bionic turnip, a body snatcher, or even from Mars.

The school librarian says a book fair is coming to the school, but one little boy has heard some weird things about what will happen.

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