Bertie's sister has chickenpox and Bertie thinks that if he can catch it he will not have to go to school and admit he did not do his homework--and that is just the first problem that Bertie faces in this trio of stories.

Mama Provi takes chicken and rice to her sick granddaughter Lucy who lives upstairs.

Billie has lots of fun things planned for her visit to Grandma's. But when Billie wakes up covered in spots, will her holiday be ruined?

"All big sister Abby wants is to spend more time with her friends, far away from the sticky fingers and snooping eyes of her annoying brothers and sisters. But when a case of the chickenpox leaves the Lai kids covered in scratchy red spots and stuck at home together for two weeks of nonstop mayhem, Abby thinks this might be the end...of her sanity. Yet she feels responsible for the situation since her best friend was Patient Zero and brought chickenpox...

As Barney continues to recover from the chicken pox, Grandpa tells him the story of how Dr. Storkmeyer's head was shrunk during a jungle expedition.

With all his reindeer sick with chicken pox on Christmas Eve, Santa asks the North Pole Unicorn Troop to help him save Christmas.

Teddy bear wakes up one morning covered in red spots!