Unable to read a joke that has Bobby and April howling, Little Bill becomes determined to learn to read.Little Bill wants to receive letters like the rest of his family. Big Bill tells him to write a letter because he may get one back.
Little Bill and his friends overhear Bobby practicing the violin and joke that it sounds like a squeaky door. Later, at the dinner table, Little Bill repeats the joke and Bobby gets upset and leaves the table.
While cleaning the kitchen, The Glover kids challenge each other to see who can go longest without talking. Little Bill offers to help Brenda with the laundry in April's absence.
It's Halloween and Little Bill makes his own Captain Brainstorm costume. / Little Bill tells Bobby that he's not scared on Halloween night but later finds that he is.
It's Christmas Eve at Little Bill's house and he decides to write Santa a letter asking him to bring Alice the Great home for the holidays. Will the letter get to Santa in time?
The Glovers take a trip to the beach! It's time to swim in the ocean, build sandcastles and chase beach balls. But what's dad doing? Little Bill can't believe it when he sees his dad RELAXING!
It's a sleepover! Little Bill's friend Michael is sleeping over for the first time. When Michael gets nervous and asks to go home, Little Bill thinks that he doesn't want to be friends anymore.
Little Bill can barely contain his excitement because now that he can sign his name, he can get his very own library card! At the library, Little Bill and Monty check out a great dinosaur book.
In a neighborhood competition, Little Bill, April and Bobby compete with Andrew and his cousins. At first everybody's having fun, but April takes the game too seriously and Little Bill decides to stop playing.
Playing space aliens, Little Bill pretends to be a giant Burple attacking Captain Brainstorm's spaceship. When his electronic spaceship toy stops flashing and beeping, Little Bill goes to his father to see what's wrong.
Little Bill grows concerned when Wabbit, one of his class' pet bunnies, acts unresponsively. Now that Wabbit's babies have grown enough, Miss Murray reminds her disappointed class that they must find the young bunnies new homes.