Jan and Dan describe their fathers through exaggerations which the reader brings back to reality by answering a series of questions.

Uncle Slim's exaggerated boasts about life in Texas include cows bigger than a barn and a man who ate seventeen strawberry rhubarb pies the size of truck tires. At intervals readers are given a variety of similar boasts from which to choose.

Eleanor the exaggerator gets a bit boastful in describing her summer vacation to the other students. At intervals readers are given a variety of similar boasts from which to choose.

Buster gives his mother several exaggerated excuses for being late for lunch. At intervals readers are given a variety of similar excuses from which to choose.