A little white dog that nobody seems to want finds just the right home--and a name. No one wants the nameless little dog wandering the streets looking unsuccessfully for food and shelter until kindhearted Fred and Lucy, a young couple, take him inside. After they feed him rice pudding and bathe him, they realize that they cannot bear to return him to the pound. Newly adopted, McDuff–named that night for their favorite shortbread biscuit–is last...

On Easter morning, when Ruby finds all ten of the marshmallow chicks hidden by the Easter Bunny, Grandma must quickly think of a way to make things fair for Max.

Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.

Fred, Lucy, the baby, and McDuff go to the lake for a Fourth of July picnic, but when ants consume all of their food it's up to McDuff to find something for them to eat.

Everyone in Morris's family is pleased with his Christmas present except Morris.

On Christmas Eve, McDuff's persistent "woofing" begins to annoy Fred and Lucy, but it leads to the rescue of Santa, whose sleigh has gotten stuck in the snow.

What a great day it's going to be! Yoko's mother has made her favourite sushi for lunch. The bus whisks Yoko to school, where she greets all her friends. But when lunchtime arrives, suddenly everyone notices Yoko's sushi. The teasing starts and her happy day evaporates.

Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.

"Max's big sister Ruby and her best friend Louise play school with their younger siblings"--

Max and his sister Ruby go on an egg hunt and vie with each other for the prize--a chocolate chicken.