Arthur and D.W. take Baby Kate and Pal to the neighborhood street fair. But suddenly Baby Kate starts crying. Arthur sends D.W. to buy Kate an ice cream cone, and she carefully ties Pal's leash to a bench outside the store. But when she comes out, Pal has squirmed out of his collar! Includes two pages of word stickers.

Arthur promises to buy ice cream for his little sister, D.W., if she can read ten words. The twosome race to the park, where D.W. is quick to recognize signs such as ZOO, DON'T WALK, POLICE, and ICE CREAM. When she reads WET PAINT before her big brother does, Arthur is in for a colorful surprise!

Arthur's sister DW tries to use a reading trick to get Arthur to change Baby Kate's diapers.

After hearing about the exciting summer vacations of his classmates, Arthur decides to write an embellished version of his own summer experiences. Simultaneous.

Arthur and D.W. do not know what is wrong with Baby Kate when they take her to the neighborhood fair--but Pal the puppy does.

D.W. is nervous about having her first school fire drill so Arthur helps her to practise for it. He shows her all the things to do in an emergency and, in turn, D.W. shows the whole family - even in the middle of the night.

After lying about what happened to his homework, Arthur has such a bad dream about being "in a pickle" that he decides to tell the truth. Includes stickers to match with words in text.