A young boy describes the trip he and his father make to Grandma's house, measuring how many miles are left at various points on the trip.

While a group of children celebrates Saint Patrick's Day, the reader is invited to lift paper flaps and search for a hidden leprechaun.

While a brother and sister, along with their grandmother, visit the National Gallery of Art, the balloon they were not allowed to bring into the museum floats around Washington, D.C., causing a series of mishaps at various tourist sites. Images of thirty-two famous Americans appear among the illustrations.

Ruby tries to keep her brother Max from eating so many sweets by reading him an altered version of the story of King Midas.