Mr. Monkey is invited to visit a school to perform a trick he just learned, but nothing goes as planned.

"Clyde has a secret. Whenever he gets too excited, he changes into a monkey. His twin sister, Claudia, is worried that this isn't good for him. But when a ghost is seen in their school's hallway, Clyde will have to use his monkey powers to save they day. Will Clyde ever be a normal boy again?--Jacket.

Wanting a place of his own with fewer rules, Curious George decides to build a tree house but finds the task more challenging than anticipated.

At the opening of a new toy store, Curious George makes a mess and gets into trouble, but the owner soon sees that things aren't as bad as they appear.

Monkeys, toucans, and alligators unleash mayhem.

"Otto the robot and his friends contend with a storm"--

Monkey has a big box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggest that maybe it is a dinosaur instead, and the two friends puzzle over how they can solve the problem of finding out what is in the box, if it is always empty when opened.

Presents four stories about best friends Monkey and Robot, who celebrate Robot's Built-Day, face an exterminator, take care of a parakeet, and learn important things about babies.

The reader is invited to count the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages.