Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment

It's finally summer and Amber Brown is going to London to visit her aunt Pam and then to Paris to visit with her father. She is one excited kid before she goes. And one itchy kid when she arrives. Mosquito bites, she thinks. Chicken pox, she finds out. Is her vacation completely ruined? And now that she can't go to Paris, how will she be able to convince her dad to move back home?

Arthur the aardvark catches chicken pox a week before he is supposed to go to the circus.

Goldie Locks has chicken pox; from head to toe were polka dots.... When Goldie Locks spies her first spot, her mother knows it must be chicken pox. She immediately calls the Three Bears, apologizing for the chair, to see if Baby Bear has chicken pox, too. Soon, a steady stream of storybook favorites -- from Little Bo Peep to Henny Penny -- stop by to visit the bedridden child. All the while, Goldie Locks tries to ignore her brother's relentless teasing about her spotted exterior. But as more visitors arrive, her pox-free brother, in a fit of jealousy at the attention his sister is getting, intensifies his teasing, until suddenly all eyes are on him, but not for the reason he thinks...

Provides comprehensive information on the causes, treatment, and history of chickenpox.

Originally published: London: Wayland, a division of Hachette Children's Books, a Hatchette UK Company, c2008.

Annie K. and her friends are in the middle of rehearsing for one play when suddenly everyone begins to see spots. The script for Annie K.'s play is in the back of this book.