Eleven-year-old Charlotte is not a dog person but does not like that the rest of her family neglects their Saint Bernard puppy, and so with a lot of determination and a little sneakiness, she works on finding a good home for the gentle giant.

Penny sets up a lemonade stand to earn money for her mother's birthday card and learns about currency.

The sinister siblings, twins Edgar and Ellen, kidnap the pets of Nod's Limb's youngest citizens and turn them into "rare beasts" in hopes of making money to finance future pranks.

When his parents call off the family vacation and enroll their son in a creative writing class instead, twelve-year-old Steve comes up with a wacky moneymaking project.

"Shawn and Kat Choi need to find a way to keep a bichon frise under control before their family forces them to close their Doggie day care business for good"--

"In this story about counting money, Albert the mouse needs two quarters to use the library's new penny-smashing machine. Luckily, Wanda has a great idea for how Albert can earn the money"--

Karen starts selling lemonade at softball practice to make some money, but Kristy becomes mad at her since she's doing that instead of playing.

Worm attempts various jobs for his animal friends so that he can buy painting supplies and enter the art contest.

Twelve-year-old Tulah Jones is a zombie, and only two friends and her younger brother know, but at the moment three problems confront her--she needs a way to earn money to support her raw meat habit, her hunger-fueled rages are getting worse, and she would really like Jeremy Romero to ask her to the school's Monster Mash Dance.

In need of money to buy tickets for the Monster Madness Convention, Alex and Ronnie take a job painting a neighbor's garage; easy money, until Alex fears that he has let their neighbor's excitable puppy, Yorgy, out of the house and the boys and their friend, Kendra, follow the trail through swamp and garbage dump--and straight into the heart of the convention, where their chase takes an unexpected turn.