Three reluctant robots fight off sleep while their young caretaker does his best to get them to calm down.

With a little help from Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat in the Hat travels the planet and beyond to introduce beginning readers to 17 strange but true weather events, among them waterspouts, dust devils, ball lightning, snow donuts, fire whirls, red sprites, sundogs, ice tsunamis, clouds shaped like UFOs and cinnamon rolls, diamond rain, metallic snow, and a storm so wide three Earths could fit INSIDE it!

Ethan's grandma, who is a ninja, comes to visit, and her appearance at school makes Ethan the most popular kid in class.