When Sparky's is left home alone, he bites his magic bone and winds up in Washington, DC! The US capital has statues, a monument that looks like a giant stick, and a big white house with a huge yard. His new dog friend says he's happy roaming the city without his family, but Sparky isn't so sure he feels the same. Can Sparky find a way to change his new friends's mind, and also find his way home?

Tired of attending obedience school, Sparky the puppy finds adventure in Hawaii after chomping on the magic bone.

When the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie, who dislikes the "mushy gushy stuff" of Valentine's Day, into a candy store owner, she decides to write her own "love messages" on the candy hearts.

"G'day, mate! Sparky's magic bone has kaboomed him to Kangaroo Island, Australia, where he meets a puppy with no family. Wanting to help his new friend, Sparky hops into action. They visit bats, penguins, bees, and of course, kangaroos. But can Sparky help the lost pup find a real home?"--Page [4] cover.

With a bite of his magic bone, Sparky heads off to adventures in Switzerland.

While spending winter break at a ski lodge, beginning-skier Katie finds herself in some very complicated situations when the magic wind turns her into the ski instructor.

When they hear that their teacher, Mr. G., is cutting off his ponytail and picking up a suit, the students jump to the wrong conclusion, until Katie finds out what is really happening when she turns into Mr. G.

Fourth-grader Katie is concerned when an older girl uses live mice in a science fair project, but when Katie turns into the sixth-grader and has to run the experiment herself, she has a different opinion of the student.

Impatient to end her Quest of Kindness and finally become a knight, Princess Pulverizer falls under the spell of an evil witch.

While her class is studying reptiles, Katie, a vegetarian, refuses to feed worms to Slinky the snake, class 4A's pet, but when the magic wind turns her into Slinky, Katie learns that some animals cannot survive on vegetables alone.