David Mortimore Baxter

Young David Mortimore Baxter, who knows how to stay out of trouble, shares excuses for avoiding chores, bullies, homework, and vegetarian dinners.

Young David Mortimore Baxter, who knows how to avoid making embarrassing mistakes, shares his rules of etiquette pertaining to telephone answering, car travel, television watching, and nose picking.

When professional wrestler Smashing Smorgan tells the world that young David Mortimore Baxter is good at keeping secrets, everyone from odd neighbor McCafferty to school bully Victor Sneddon loads David up with more secrets than he can handle.