The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits.
Big Brother helps Milton Chubb, a huge new cub, deal with the school bully and make friends with Bertha Broom, but then Milton and Bertha must meet in a match for a spot on the school's wrestling team.
The Berenstain Bear cubs are anxiously awaiting all the candy and Easter eggs that Easter will bring, but Mama Bear and Mother Nature show them the true wonder of the season.
Doctor Zoltan Bearish and his gang of swindlers try to pass off fake dinosaur bones in order to embarrass Professor Actual Factual and the Bearsonian Institution.
When Brother's class studies birds, the citizens of Bear Country end up choosing sides in a battle between environmentalists and those who want to cut down the trees in Birder's Woods to build houses.
Brother and Sister Bear love playing soccer on the Rockets, but when their rival team, the Steamrollers, do anything to win, they learn that peacemakers are the true winners.
Brother and Sister Bear and their cousin, Fred, plan a dog show for the annual church fair that has everyone in Beartown excited, including Too-Tall and his gang, who have a plan for stirring things up.
"Celebrate Halloween with the Berenstain Bears! Here are three favorite stories by Stan and Jan Berenstain--about pumpkins, ghosts, and trick-or-treating."--Page 4 of cover.