Identical twins Ronde and Tiki Barber's excitement over the approaching state championship football game turns to worry when there is a chicken pox outbreak at Hidden Valley Junior High.

When Arthur catches chicken pox a week before his family is supposed to go to the circus, his sister, jealous of the special treatment he gets, invites a friend to go in her brother's place.

At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.

Bertie's sister has chickenpox and Bertie thinks that if he can catch it he will not have to go to school and admit he did not do his homework--and that is just the first problem that Bertie faces in this trio of stories.

As Barney continues to recover from the chicken pox, Grandpa tells him the story of how Dr. Storkmeyer's head was shrunk during a jungle expedition.

When his friend Daisy gets sick, Peter sends her more gifts each day of the week until she feels better.

When Jess gets chicken pox it seems glamorous at first, but soon she gets tired of being stuck at home.

Jamie worries that she won't be able to celebrate Christmas because she has the chicken pox.

A retelling, in Spanish, of Arthur's Chicken Pox.

Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment.