Tacky is not very helpful as Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect plan and prepare for Halloween, turning their igloo into a haunted house and making treats, but while Tacky is finishing his costume something really frightening arrives, and only he can chase it away.

"At the zoo with her family, a girl mopes around until she is asked to help rescue the zoo's penguins from boredom"--

Mr. Panda is making something, and all of his animal friends are interested--but only Penguin is willing to wait to see what it is.

"Penguin can't wait to celebrate Christmas with his family and friends. But when things don't go exactly as planned, Penguin learns to find holiday magic in the most unexpected places"--

Cadence, the dance master at the Night Club, invites young readers to participate in a competition to win the chance to dance alongside her at a special performance on the rooftop.

Leon is worried. There's a new baby penguin in his home. And though Marcel is sleeping in his crib now, he can't stay there forever.

Gus the turkey has loved growing up on a farm, but when the other animals tell him he will soon become Thanksgiving dinner, he decides to go south to find a place of safety.

A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.

Archie has no fear except a secret one--the ocean and the creatures that lurk in it--so he tries over and over to invent a way to fly to Iceberg Nine, where his fellow penguins are having a fish fry.

An ice fishing penguin becomes increasingly aggravated as his line fails to attract fish. His activity attracts some curious polar characters. An ice fishing penguin grows increasingly aggravated as his line fails to attract fish, but his activity attracts a cast of chatty polar characters who wager guesses, annoying Penguin, until he hears something below the ice.