Meet Dirty Bertie, a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits. He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further, Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it. In these three stories Bertie gets chickenpox, goes ballroom dancing with his Gran, and has a babysitter with a difference. Suggested level: primary.

Arthur the aardvark catches chicken pox a week before he is scheduled to go to the circus.

Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment.

A family is distressed when Daddy gets the chicken pox, but when he recovers it is a joyous occasion.

When Goldie Locks comes down with chicken pox, she is teased by her brother and is unable to visit with Bo Peep, Little Red, and other friends. Goldie Locks has chicken pox; from head to toe were polka dots. When Goldie Locks spies her first spot, her mother knows it must be chicken pox. Soon after, a steady stream of storybook favorites -- including the Three Bears and Little Bo Peep -- stop by to wish Goldie Locks a speedy recovery. But how will...

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

When she contracts a case of chicken pox, a ten-year-old writes a series of letters that express her frustrations.

Un niño tiene varicela. Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment.

Three tales featuring Amber Brown; in the first, Amber copes with her best friend moving away; in the second, Amber travels to London with the hope of reuniting her recently divorced parents; in the third, the plucky third grader moves up to the fourth grade where she longs for a new best friend.