On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career.

Arthur's Grandma Thora, a marbles champion, trains him for the first-ever Elwood City Marbles Tournament, but does not tell him that she will compete against him.

After her friends help her get the lead in the third grade play, Francine becomes so intent on making the play perfect that she almost ruins it.

Describes how zombies are portrayed in various cultures and in the movies.

The Brain does not believe in superstition, but when he tries to prove that superstitions are nonsense he starts finding bad luck everywhere he turns.

Two newsboys in 1830s New York sell copies of the New York Sun reporting that a powerful telescope has found exotic animals and structures on the moon. Based on a true story.

Describes how the monsterous bogeyman is portrayed in various cultures and in the movies.

When Arthur and his friends buddy up to train for a race that will raise money for their school's literacy drive, Fern seems uninterested in winning or even improving her speed.