This collection of seven bedtime stories includes the adventures of a disruptive cat called Spider in Spider the Horrible Cat. Also meet the mysterious disappearing bear who comes to liven up Liza's day in There's a Bear in the Bath, then turns up again at school in There's a Bear in the Classroom. A Fish of the World tells of a boastful herring who realizes he's not such a special fish after all, while Sam the baker's son tempts a fearsome beast with fairy cakes covered in pink sugar icing in The Beast With a Thousand Teeth.