Just as Adam is wondering if he will ever be healthy again, he is cheered by a visit from one of his best friends who brings cards from his classmates. Includes ten hints for parents to help children cope with being sick.

With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice.

In the first of two stories, a naughty boy named Yuck starts an odorous new club, much to the disgust of his sister; and in the second, Yuck goes to revolting lengths to prove that he is really sick on the day of the class spelling test.

A young boy who is afraid of the operation that can help him get well learns to overcome his fear with the help of a caring nurse.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

When Sam has a cough, Mrs. Bear tends to him all through the cold night.

When the barnyard animals catch the flu, the farmer takes care of them until their usual voices return.

Emily introduces her younger brother, Ben, to butterflies, which he calls "flying flowers," and when his illness makes him too weak to go see them she draws him pictures, but after his death she no longer wants to draw happy things. Includes note to parents.

Carl tends to a sick puppy while the puppy's father takes the rest of his babies for a walk.

A deadly, flu-like epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties.