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A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.

Includes nine short stories covering such themes as sibling rivalry, friendship, a room of one's own, madness, first love, and lost love.

In the first of two stories, a naughty boy named Yuck starts an odorous new club, much to the disgust of his sister; and in the second, Yuck goes to revolting lengths to prove that he is really sick on the day of the class spelling test.

Two stories follow the adventures of a naughty boy named Yuck who employs pet worms and practical jokes to disgust and annoy his prissy sister.