Weenies Topical and Literary Index

abandonment
"Just Desserts"
"Three"
"Throwaways"

absurdity
"Let's Have a Big Hand for Gerald"
"Throwaways"

accidents
"At the Wrist"
"Bed Tings"
"Keep your Spirits Up"
"Sting, Where Is Thy Death?"

advertising
"Flyers"
"Smunkies"

Adults
"The Curse of the Campfire Weenies"

agents of destiny
"Bad Luck"
"Wandering Stu"

the Alamo
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"

alienation
"A Cure for the Uncommon Vampire"
"Eat a Bug"
"Join the Party"
"The Language of Beasts"
"The Substitute"

aliens
"Galactic Zap"
"Hide"
"It's Only a Game"
"Wish Away"

allegories
"Dragon Around"

allergies
"The Cat Almost Gets a Bath"
"Sniffles"

alliteration
See language-arts discussion

allusions
See language-arts discussion

altruism
"Collared"
"The Taste of Terror"

ambiguity (of language)
"As You Say"
"Flyers"
"What's Eating the Vegans?"

amusement parks
"Keep your Spirits Up"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"
"The Tunnel of Terror"

anger
"All the Rage"

animals
"Chirp"
"Goose Eggs"
"The Language of Beasts"
"Pretty Polly"
"Slugs"
"Snakeland"
"Turkey Calls"

animated objects
"In One Ear"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"

anthropomorphism
See literary discussion

antonyms
See literary discussion

Ants
"MutAnts"

anxiety
"A Little off the Top"

assonance
See literary discussion

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babies
"Baby Talk"
"You Are What You Eat"

baby sitters
"The Slide"

bad luck
"Bad Luck"
"Bed Tings"

barbers
"A Little off the Top"

baseball
"Tied Up"

bats
"Buzz Off"

beach
"Sand Sharks"

bees
"Buzz Off"
"My Science Project"

bias
See literary discussion

biology
"My Science Project"
"Smunkies"

birthdays
"The Blacker Cat"
"Just Like Me"

body image
"Fat Face"

body modification
"Puncturation"

book banning
"Book Banning"

boredom
"On the Road"
"Thin Silk"

Borjesian twists
"Forgotten Monsters"
"Picking Up"

braces
"Braces"

brats
"Bobbing for Dummies"
"Book Banning"
"The Evil Tree"
"Mrs. Barunki"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"
"Road Work"
"Wandering Stu"

bravery
"The Covered Bridge"
"The Last Halloween"
"Mr. Lambini's Haunted House"

bugs
"Eat a Bug"

bullies
"All the Rage"
"Big Kids"
"Fat Face"
"King of the Hill"
"The Last Halloween"
"My Science Project"
"Numbskull"
"Your Worst Nightmare"
"The Substitute"

business
"Burgers and Fries"

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camp
"Bird Shot"

camping
"The Curse of the Campfire Weenies"

candy
"The Last Halloween"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

carnivals
"Everyone's a Winner"
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"

Catch 22
"Wandering Stu"

cats
"The Blacker Cat"
"The Cat Almost Gets a Bath"
"Cat Got Your Nose?"
"Cat Napped"
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Pretty Polly"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

causality
"Eat Your Veggies"

caves
"Big Kids"

cemeteries
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"

characterization
See literary discussion

chocolate
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

chores
"Picking Up"

chivalry
"Frankendance"

city life
"The Vampire's Rat"

class trips
"Class Trip"
"Rattled Nerves"
"Warm Rain"

classroom settings
"Elf Improvement"
"Gee! Ography"

clowns
"Mr. HooHaa!"
"Put on Your Happy Face"

communication
"The Language of Beasts"

compare and contrast
See literary discussion

competition (economic)
"Burgers and Fries"

competitions
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"
"Dragon Around"

compulsions
"Unseen"

compound words
See language-arts discussion

conformity
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"

consequences
"Copies"
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Sweet Soap"
"Time Out"

conspicuous consumption
"The La Brea Toy Pits"

context clues
See literary discussion
"Class Trip"

conventions of langauge
See literary discussion

conventions of literature
See literary discussion

cooperation
"Thin Silk" (tangentially)

coping mechanisms
"All the Rage"

courage
"Big Kids"
"Collared"
"The Last Halloween"

cows
"Hide"

creativity
"Shaping the Fog"

cruelty
"Hop to It"
"Little Guys"
"Sun Damage"
"Sunburn"
"The Tank"

curiosity
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Talk"
"Invasion of the Road Weenies"
"Road Work"
"Sunburn"
"The Tank"
"Three"
"The Witch's Monkey"

cursed objects
"The Battle Ax"
"Braces"
"The Chipper"
"Finders Losers"
"Mug Shots"
"Warm Rain"
"Yesterday Tomorrow"

curses
"As You Say"
"The Language of Beasts"
"The Touch"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

cyclical endings
"Forgotten Monsters"
"Phone Ahead"
"Picking Up"
"The Soda Fountain"

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dances
"Frankendance"

dares
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"You Are What You Eat"

death
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"Join the Party"
"The Shortcut"
"Tied Up"

decimal system
"Tarnation"

demons
"Last One Out"

dentists
"Braces"
"Numbskull"

descriptive writing
See language-arts discussion

destiny
"Tied Up"

destructive behavior
"Little Guys"

devices, literary
See language-arts discussion

dialogue
See language-arts discussion

diet
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

dilemmas
"Buzz Off"
"Fairy in a Jar"
"King of the Hill"

dinosaurs
"Petro-Fied"
"Sidewalk Chalk"

disfunctional families
"Family Time"
"Just Like Me"
"Let's Have a Big Hand for Gerald"
"Throwaways"

disobedience
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"
"Shaping the Fog"

diversity
"Bed Tings"

doctors
"Sniffles"

dogs
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Walk the Dog"

dolls
"Just Like Me"

draconian results
"Dizzy Spells"
"Flyers"

dragons
"Dragon Around"

dread
"A Little off the Top"

dual narratives
"It's Only a Game"

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Earth Day
"A Nice Clean Place"
"Petro-Fied"
"The Smell of Death"

eating
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Fat Face"
"Fresh from the Garden"
"Ghost in the Well"
"What's Eating the Vegans?"
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

ecology
"Dragon Around"
"A Nice Clean Place"
"Petro-Fied"
"The Smell of Death"
"The Vampire's Rat"

economics
"Burgers and Fries"
"The Pyramid Man"
"Sweet Soap"

elderly people
"Bed Tings"
"Crizzles"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"
"Slugs"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

empathy
"Walk the Dog"

environmentalism
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"
"A Nice Clean Place"
"Petro-Fied"
"The Smell of Death"

envy
"Everyone's a Winner"
"The Wizard's Mandolin"

escalating obstacles
"The Billion Legger"
"The Chipper"

eternity
"On the Road"
"Tied Up"

ethics
"The Substitute"

evil
"Bird Shot"
"The Evil Tree"

exercise
"Invasion of the Road Weenies"

existence
"Lines"
"Tied Up"

experiments
"The Substitute"

extended metaphor
"Class Trip"

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fables
"Goose Eggs"
"The Pyramid Man"
"The Wizard's Mandolin"

facing fears
"Big Kids"
"The Covered Bridge"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"The Green Man"
"Hide"
"The Last Halloween"
"Mr. HooHaa!"
"Mr. Lambini's Haunted House"

fairies
"Fairy in a Jar"

fairy tales
"Dragon Around"

fairy tales, fractured
"The Princess and the Pea Brain"
"Rapt Punzel"

false accusations
"The Evil Tree"

family
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"

family vacations
"Bruja"
"The Curse of the Campfire Weenies"
"The La Brea Toy Pits"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"
"Sand Sharks"
"Thin Silk"
"Touch the Bottom"
"On the Road"
"Snakeland"

fantasizing
"Kidzilla"

fast food
"Burgers and Fries"

fear
"Big Kids"
"Buzz Off"
"The Covered Bridge"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"The Green Man"
"Hide"
"The Last Halloween"
"Mr. HooHaa!"
"Mr. Lambini's Haunted House"
"The Taste of Terror"
"The Tunnel of Terror"

figurative language
See language-arts discussion
"As You Say"

fireflies
"Fairy in a Jar"

first person
viewpoint discussion

fishing
"Just Desserts"
"A Little Night Fishing"

flags
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"

flashbacks
See language-arts discussion

flea markets
"The Touch"

folk lore
"Cat Napped"
"Elf Improvement"

following instructions
"Turkey Calls"

food
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"
"Burgers and Fries"
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Fat Face"
"Fresh from the Garden"
"Ghost in the Well"
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"
"What's Eating the Vegans?"
"You Are What You Eat"

football
"Fourth and Inches"

foreshadowing
See language-arts discussion

formal language
See language-arts discussion

fractured fairy tales
"The Princess and the Pea Brain"
"Rapt Punzel"

framgents
See language-arts discussion

fraud
"The Pyramid Man"
"Sniffles"

friendship
"Collared"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

future
"Phone Ahead"

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games
"Family Time"
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

gardening
"Fresh from the Garden"

gender

gender-indeterminate narrator
"Kidzilla"

genies
"Anything You Want"
"The Genie of the Necklace"

genre
See language-arts discussion

geography
"Gee! Ography"

ghosts
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"
"Ghost in the Well"
"Join the Party"
"Keep your Spirits Up"
"A Little Night Fishing"
"Moods"
"The Soda Fountain"

giants
"Big Kids"

girl scouts
"The Curse of the Campfire Weenies"

gluttony
"Slugs"
"Yesterday Tomorrow"

good citizenship
"A Nice Clean Place"

good luck
"Bed Tings"

graveyards
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"Fresh from the Garden"

greed
"Goose Eggs"
"Inquire Within"
"The La Brea Toy Pits"
"Lost and Found"
"Phone Ahead"
"The Pyramid Man"
"Wish Away"

group dynamics
"Get out of Gym for Free"
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"The Substitute"
"Three"
"The Witch's Monkey"

guardians
"The Evil Tree"

gym class
"Get out of Gym for Free"

gym teachers
"Get out of Gym for Free"

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hair cuts
"A Little off the Top"

Halloween
"Bobbing for Dummies"
"The Last Halloween"
"Mr. Lambini's Haunted House"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

hazing
"The Department Store"
"Keep your Spirits Up"

heroism
"Collared"
"The Taste of Terror"

homework
"Head of the Class"

homophones
See language-arts discussion

horror
"The Chipper"
"The Tunnel of Terror"

hospitals
"The Shortcut"

hubris
"A Cure for the Uncommon Vampire"
"The Department Store"
"King of the Hill"
"Petro-Fied"

hyporbole
See language-arts discussion

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identity
"Just Like Me"
"Lines"

idioms
See language-arts discussion

imagery
See language-arts discussion

imagination
"Kidzilla"

India
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"

inferences
See language-arts discussion

infinite regressions
"Alexander Watches a Play"
"Bad Luck"

informal language
See language-arts discussion

initiations
"The Department Store"
"Keep your Spirits Up"

insects
"The Billion Legger"
"Buzz Off"
"Eat a Bug"
"Fat Face"
"Hop to It"
"MutAnts"
"My Science Project"
"The Smell of Death"
"The Spider Shouter"
"Sting, Where Is Thy Death?"

instructions
"Turkey Calls"

intelligent life forms
"Touch the Bottom"

internet safety
"Predators"

inventions
"Sweet Soap"

irony
See language-arts discussion
"At the Wrist"
"Big Kids"
"The Evil Tree"

irony, dramatic
"Mrs. Barunki"
"Phone Ahead"

insects
"The Billion Legger"
"Fairy in a Jar"
"The Slide"
"Smart Little Suckers"
"Thin Silk"

irresponsibility
"Walk the Dog"

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jobs
"Walk the Dog"

justice
"The Last Halloween"

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kittens
"Cat Got Your Nose?"

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language
"Murgopana"

leprechauns
"Cat Napped"

levitation
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

libraries
"Book Banning"
"Overdue onto Others"

linguistics
"Bed Tings"
"Murgopana"

literal language
See language-arts discussion
"As You Say"

literary references
See language-arts discussion of allusions

litter
"A Nice Clean Place"

lizards
"Kidzilla"

logic
"Bad Luck"
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"The Pyramid Man"
"Smart Little Suckers"
"Time Out"

lonliness
"Eat a Bug"
"Fat Face"
"Join the Party"
"The Language of Beasts"
"The Substitute"
"The Witch's Monkey"

loss
"A Little Night Fishing"
"The Taste of Terror"
"The Touch"

luck
"Bad Luck"
"Bed Tings"
"Head of the Class"

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magic spells
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"Tarnation"

magical items
"The Last Halloween"
"Sidewalk Chalk"
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

make believe
"Kidzilla"

making inferences
See language-arts discussion

mass hysteria
"Everyone's a Winner"

materialism
"The La Brea Toy Pits"

math skills
"Everyone's a Winner"
"Mrs. Barunki"
"The Pyramid Man"
"Smart Little Suckers"
"Tarnation"

maturity
"The Last Halloween"

medical ethics
"Sniffles"

memories
"Precious Memories"

metafiction
"Forgotten Monsters"

metaphors
See language-arts discussion

Mexico
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"
"Bruja"

mimes
"Not Another Word"

misbehavior
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Lines"
"Mrs. Barunki"
"The Touch"
"Three"
"Throwaways"

misperceptions / misunderstandings
"A Little off the Top"
"Join the Party"

monkeys
"The Witch's Monkey"

monologues
"Yackity-Yack"

monsters
"The Covered Bridge"
"Crizzles"
"Every Autumn"
"Everyone's a Winner"
"Hide"
"Just Desserts"
"Murgopana"
"Sunburn"
"The Tank"
"Tarnation"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

morality
"The Substitute"

movies
"Last One Out"
"Reel"

mummies
"A Tiny Little Piece"

museums
"Class Trip"
"A Tiny Little Piece"
"Warm Rain"

music
"In One Ear"

musical instruments
"The Wizard's Mandolin"

mutation
"The Smell of Death"
"Smunkies"

mysterious stranger
"Sunburn"

mythic stories
"Cooties"
"The Green Man"
"Shaping the Fog"
"Tied Up"

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nature
"Bird Shot"
"Rattled Nerves"

nature of reality
"Alexander Watches a Play"
"Bad Luck"
"Forgotten Monsters"
"Invasion of the Road Weenies"
"Picking Up"
"The Soda Fountain"

neighbors
"The Blacker Cat"
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"
"Petro-Fied"
"Sunburn"

nerds
"Buzz Off"
"My Science Project"
"Rattled Nerves"
"Smart Little Suckers"
"Sweet Soap"

new baby
"Baby Talk"

nightmares
"Your Worst Nightmare"

nostalgia
"The Soda Fountain"

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obsessions
"Attack of the Vampire Weenies"
"Cooties"
"The Green Man"
"In One Ear"
"Invasion of the Road Weenies"
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"
"Last One Out"
"A Little Night Fishing"
"Put on Your Happy Face"
"Touch the Bottom"

old people
"Bed Tings"
"Crizzles"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"
"Slugs"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

omens
"Cloudy with a Chance of Message"

onomatopoeia
See language-arts discussion

opposites
"Touch the Bottom"

orthodontists
"Braces"

other cultures
"Murgopana"

outdoor activities
"Mug Shots"
"Turkey Calls"

overactive imaginations
"A Little off the Top"

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paradoxes
"Halfway Home"
"Wandering Stu"

parallel plots
"It's Only a Game"

parasites
"The Vampire's Rat"

parties
"Attack of the Vampire Weenies"
"Join the Party"
"Mr. HooHaa!"
"Take a Whack at This"

patriotism
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"

peer pressure
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Talk"
"Collared"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"The Department Store"
"Puncturation"
"The Substitute"
"The Tunnel of Terror"
"You Are What You Eat"

personification
See language-arts discussion
"Bad Luck"
"Slugs"

perspectives
"Fourth and Inches"
"Touch the Bottom"

pets
"Pretty Polly"
"Smunkies"
"The Vampire's Rat"

philosophy
"Halfway Home"

phobias
"Big Kids"
"The Covered Bridge"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"Hide"
"Mr. HooHaa!"

pinatas
"Take a Whack at This"

planeteria
"Class Trip"

plants
"Fresh from the Garden"

playgrounds
"Cooties"
"Eat a Bug"
"The Slide"
"Spin"

plays
"Alexander Watches a Play"

plot
See language-arts discussion

poetic justice
"Bobbing for Dummies"
"Hop to It"

point of view
See language-arts discussion

popularity
"Overdue onto Others"

power struggles
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

power tools
"At the Wrist"
"The Chipper"

practical jokes
"Keep your Spirits Up"

predators
"Braces"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"Every Autumn"
"The Last Halloween"
"Predators"

predictive reading
See language-arts discussion of inferences
"Class Trip"
"Cloudy with a Chance of Message"
"Fairy in a Jar"
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"

pretending
"Kidzilla"

princes
"Rapt Punzel"

princesses
"Dragon Around"
"The Princess and the Pea Brain"

problem solving
"Attack of the Vampire Weenies"
"Cat Napped"
"Cat Got Your Nose?"
"Dragon Around"
"Fairy in a Jar"
"Burgers and Fries"
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

punishment
"At the Wrist"
"Throwaways"

pursuit
"Thin Silk"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

puzzles
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"
"The Whole Nine Yards"

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queens
"The Princess and the Pea Brain"

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rain
"Petro-Fied"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"
"The Shortcut"

rain forests
"Warm Rain"

rats
"The Vampire's Rat"

read aloud, cautionary
"Predators"

read aloud, funny
"At the Wrist"
"Bed Tings"
"Class Trip"
"Copies"
"Dear Author"

read aloud, scary
"Crizzles"

reader predictions
"Fairy in a Jar"

reality
"Invasion of the Road Weenies"
"Shaping the Fog"

recycling
"The Slide"

repetition
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"Tarnation"

research
"Cat Got Your Nose?"
"The Spider Shouter"
"Warm Rain"

respect
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"

responsibility
"A Nice Clean Place"
"The Touch"

revenge
"Fairy in a Jar"
"At the Wrist"
"Mrs. Barunki"
"Sniffles"
"A Tiny Little Piece"
"The Unforgiving Tree"
"The Wizard's Mandolin"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

rhyming
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"

rides
"Everyone's a Winner"
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"
"Keep your Spirits Up"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"
"The Tunnel of Terror"

risky behavior
"Bed Tings"
"Collared"
"The Dead Won't Hurt You"
"The La Brea Toy Pits"
"Thin Silk"

rituals
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"The Soda Fountain"
"Tarnation"
"Unseen"

roller coasters
"Keep your Spirits Up"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"

romance
"Frankendance"

rules
"Family Time"
"Lines"
"Predators"
"Shaping the Fog"
"Three"

rumors
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Talk"
"The Green Man"
"The Witch's Monkey"

running away
"Crizzles"
"Thin Silk"

rural life
"Hide"
"The Tank"

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safety
"Every Autumn"
"Predators"
"Thin Silk"

satire
"Dear Author"

scary
"The Chipper"
"Collared"

science
"Cat Got Your Nose?"
"My Science Project"
"Rattled Nerves"
"The Substitute"
"Sweet Soap"

science fiction
See language-arts discussion of genre

school
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Talk"
"Head of the Class"
"Lines"

school cafeteria
"Kidzilla"

school dances
"Frankendance"

school work
"Dear Author"

self esteem
"Big Kids"
"The Department Store"
"Fat Face"

sensory details
See language-arts discussion

sentence fragments
See language-arts discussion

setting
See language-arts discussion

shape shifters
"Crizzles"
"Slugs"

sharing
"Game Over"

sharks
"Sand Sharks"

siblings
"Anything You Want"
"Attack of the Vampire Weenies"
"Bruja"
"Baby Talk"
"The Battle Ax"
"Copies"
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"
"Game Over"
"Hide"
"Mr. HooHaa!"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"
"Sand Sharks"
"Smunkies"
"Spin"
"Sweet Soap"
"Tarnation"
"Turkey Calls"
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

similes
See language-arts discussion

sisters

skeletons
"Bruja"

slapstick humor
"At the Wrist"

slugs
"Slugs"

snakes
"The Blacker Cat"
"Rattled Nerves"
"Snakeland"

snitching
"Bird Shot"

social dynamics
"Collared"
"Your Worst Nightmare"

socializing
"Join the Party"

soup
"Cat Napped"

special powers
"Shaping the Fog"
"Spin"

spelling
"Head of the Class"

spells
"Bruja"
"Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"
"Sting, Where Is Thy Death?"
"The Wizard's Mandolin"
"Yackity-Yack"

spiders
"Nothing Like a Hammock"
"The Spider Shouter"
"Take a Whack at This"
"Thin Silk"

sports
"Dragon Around"
"Fourth and Inches"
"Tied Up"

strangers
"A Little off the Top"

stress
"Cloudy with a Chance of Message"

style
See language-arts discussion

sub genres
See language-arts discussion

suburban life
"In the Land of the Lawn Weenies"
"The Smell of Death"

substitute teachers
"Class Trip"
"The Substitute"

sun bathing
"Sunburn"

summer camp
"Bird Shot"

superstitions
"Bed Tings"
"Don't Ever Let It Touch the Ground"

surrealism
"Throwaways"

swimming
"Touch the Bottom"

symbolism
See language-arts discussion

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taboos
"Shaping the Fog"

taking a stand
"Bird Shot"

tale within a tale
"Crizzles"

tanning
"Sunburn"

teachers
"Get out of Gym for Free"
"Mrs. Barunki"
"The Substitute"

teasing
"All the Rage"
"The Covered Bridge"
"Sand Sharks"
"The Substitute"

technology
"Copies"
"Game Over"
"In One Ear"
"It's Only a Game"
"Picking Up"
"Phone Ahead"
"Precious Memories"
"Rapt Punzel"
"Reel"
"Sweet Soap"
"Time Out"
"We Interrupt This Program"

teeth / tooth care
"Numbskull"

television
"Eat Your Veggies"
"Rapt Punzel"
"We Interrupt This Program"

tensile strength
"Thin Silk"

tests
"Kidzilla"

Texas
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"

Thanksgiving
"What's Eating the Vegans?"

theaters
"Alexander Watches a Play"
"Reel"

theft
"Dear Author"
"In One Ear"
"Overdue onto Others"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"
"The Ride of a Lifetime"

theme
See language-arts discussion

time travel
"Time Out"
"Yesterday Tomorrow"

third person
viewpoint discussion

tolerance
"The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies"
"Frankendance"
"What's Eating the Vegans?"

tone
See language-arts discussion

toys
"The La Brea Toy Pits"

transformations
"The Boy Who Wouldn't Talk"
"Chirp"
"Crizzles"
"The Department Store"
"Kidzilla"
"King of the Hill"
"The Last Halloween"
"Let's Have a Big Hand for Gerald"
"Mug Shots"
"Sniffles"
"Sunburn"
"Sweet Soap"
"The Smell of Death"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"
"Unseen"
"The Witch's Monkey"
"You Are What You Eat"

traps
"Galactic Zap"
"Inquire Within"
"Lost and Found"
"Nothing Like a Hammock"
"The Ratty Old Bumbershoot"

travel
"On the Road"

trespassing
"Mug Shots"
"The Shortcut"
"Slugs"

trick or treat
"Bobbing for Dummies"
"The Last Halloween"
"Mr. Lambini's Haunted House"
"Ten Pounds of Chocolate"

tricksters
"Cat Napped"
"Chirp"
"Crizzles"
"Ghost in the Well"
"Lost and Found"
"Nothing Like a Hammock"
"The Pyramid Man"
"Road Work"
"Yackity-Yack"

trips
"On the Road"
"Snakeland"

turnabout
"You Are What You Eat"

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understatement
See language-arts discussion

unfairness
"Elf Improvement"
"Family Time"

urban legends
"The Covered Bridge"
"The Green Man"
"Every Autumn"

urban life
"The Vampire's Rat"

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vacations
"Snakeland"

vandalism
"Bobbing for Dummies"
"Book Banning"
"A Tiny Little Piece"
"The Unforgiving Tree"
"The Whole Nine Yards"

vampires
"Attack of the Vampire Weenies"
"Collared"
"A Cure for the Uncommon Vampire"
"Not Another Word"
"Predators"
"Sun Damage"
"The Vampire's Rat"

vegetables

vegetarianism
"What's Eating the Vegans?"

video games
"Game Over"
"Galactic Zap"
"It's Only a Game"

viewpoint
See language-arts discussion

violence
"Get out of Gym for Free"

vocabulary
"Fairy in a Jar"

voice
See language-arts discussion

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walking
"Unseen"

water
"A Little Night Fishing"
"Touch the Bottom"

weapons
"The Battle Ax"
"Bird Shot"

werewolves

wimsey
"Kidzilla"

wishes
"Anything You Want"
"Dizzy Spells"
"Fairy in a Jar"
"Head of the Class"
"The Genie of the Necklace"
"The Language of Beasts"
"Warm Rain"
"Wish Away"

witch hunts
"Inquire Within"

witches
"Bruja"
"Inquire Within"
"Rapt Punzel"
"The Taste of Terror"
"The Witch's Monkey"

witheld information
"Picking Up"

woods
"Mug Shots"

wordplay
"Anything You Want"
"As You Say"
"Bed Tings"
"Flyers"
"Gee! Ography"
"Head of the Class"
"Into the Wild Blue Yonder"
"Willard's Oppositional Notebook"

work
"Road Work"

workplace
"Copies"
"Murgopana"

worry
"A Little off the Top"

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xenophobia
"The Tank"

zombies
"Burgers and Fries"
"Sting, Where Is Thy Death?"

zoos
"Snakeland"