Stanley has trouble picking an apple as a birthday present for his mom; Stanley thinks a kangaroo could help him clean the mess he made in his parent's room.

Stanley decides to trade his Daddy for a lion Daddy; Stanley wants to bring a shark to school for a show-and-tell presentation.

Stanley has trouble understanding why sleep is important; Stanley creates a kite for a competition.

Stanley is nervous about going swimming in the big pool; Stanley worries over night noises.

Elsie does not want to play a hide-and-seek game with Stanley while wearing a tiger costume; Stanley has trouble learning to climb on monkey bars.

Stanley looks up deserts in "The Great Big Book of Everything" and learns about camels; Stanley learns how polar bears are insulated against the cold.

Stanley wants to put on an animal show all by himself; Stanley tries to hide that fact that he lost his friend Marci's soccer ball.

Stanley is given a costume of an unusual animal to wear to school; Mimi and Marci search for the perfect pet for them.

Stanley is worried that he is the only kid his age who doesn't know how to ice skate; Stanley, Mimi and Marci decide to build a clubhouse for their new nature club.

Stanley searches for a way to send his mom a quick letter; Stanley, Mimi and Marci feel that safety rules are keeping them from having fun.

Stanley is afraid of losing his dad's respect when he spills his breakfast; Stanley's Grandma Griff brings along a surprise visitor when she comes to babysit Stanley.

Mimi learns that "yucky" worms are actually beneficial to her garden; Elsie waits impatiently for a butterfly to hatch from a chrysalis.

Dennis has trouble adjusting when Stanley brings a musk turtle for a visit; the kids are scared of a new boy at school named Walter.

Lionel decides to write a song about squirrels and Stanley for a song-writing contest; Dennis is worried that Stanley is planning to replace him with a new best friend fish-- one with more "pizazz."