Mr. Creacher, a multi-tentacled substitute teacher, warns his prankish students not to misbehave, recounting rhyming cautionary tales of the weird, spooky, and unexpected.

When Nikki and Deja have a substitute teacher the few kids in the class try to disrupt things. And the girls don't know what to do or how to handle this situation.

When the Chipmunks favorite teacher is out for the week, Alvin, Theodore, and Simon are in for a big surprise!

The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.

Judy Moody has to start working with a math tutor, which puts her in a mad-i-tude. Does this mean flash cards? School on weekends? Then Judy meets her tutor, an uber-cool college student, and gets a taste of campus life. Say hello to Judy "Ms. College" Moody!

When the origami pig that Song Lee made for her grandmother is seized by a substitute teacher, the usually well-behaved third-grader breaks a classroom rule to rescue it from the "June box."

Cam's photographic memory helps a scatterbrained substitute teacher, especially when he discovers that he has misplaced his coat.

In a series of letters a student laments the absence of her teacher and daily routine, but she soon realizes there are benefits to mixing things up, and that perhaps having a substitue teacher is not so bad afterall.

"Milton Worthy can't wait for his class trip to the city zoo. But little does he know that Noah--part time classroom pet ferret, part time evil mastermind--has escaped and stowed away on his school bus. Good thing that Mrs. Worthy, ace world-saving, member of the super-secret Society of Substitutes, is along for the ride! Will Milton and his super-substitute mom be able to stop the zoo from running completely wild?" -- Page [4] of cover.

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up."