《Sideways Stories From Wayside School》是一本由三十則小故事所組成的小說，內容描寫在一所有三十層樓高、每層卻只有一間教室，且座落於路旁的小學裡面所發生的師生趣事（當然，如果你讀了這本小說，就會發現這間學校的十九層是不存在的，所以第十九篇故事也就沒什麼好寫的了）。不過呢，Wayside School的特殊之處不僅止於其建築，書裡的每一個章節重點描述一名小說人物，而故事就從有著尖耳朵、長舌頭，會把她討厭的學生變成一顆顆蘋果的Mrs. Gorf身上展開。到頭來，Mrs. Gorf也被自己的法術變成了蘋果，而學校的體育老師Louis正巧肚子餓，就一口把那顆蘋果吃掉了。這群學生的第一位老師就這麼離奇地消失無蹤，也讓新的級任老師Mrs. Jewls有機會登場。就像這樣，每一個新角色在作者幽默滑稽的生花妙筆之下一一出場，為整本小說增加了新的面向，發展出更深的層次。

Wayside School has been closed for 234 days. That's how long it took to get rid of all the cows. Now the famous sideways school is open and the fun begins again. It's pet day on the thirtieth floor, and dogs and cats and skunks and pigs are causing a terrible commotion. In Mrs. Drazil's class, they're throwing coffeepots, potatoes, and pencil sharpeners out the window. It's a scientific experiment to help the kids learn about gravity. And Miss Much has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce. Yummy!

The biggest surprise at Wayside School is that Mrs. Jewls is going to have a baby. The kids are helping her select names: Cootie face if it's a girl; Bucket Head if it's a boy. But now Mrs. Jewls's class is going to have a substitute teacher. And if you know anything about Wayside School, you'll know that you can expect anything to happen.


此系列的書有一相同點，每一本書都分成30個小章節，與故事中30層樓的學校有著巧妙的呼應，故事的重心則圍繞著位於頂樓的班級。老師Mrs. Gorf有著可以把學生變成蘋果的魔法。作者以孩子角度來呈現出故事的內容，作品中到處可看見孩子的純真且直接的話語，卻隱藏著看似無心卻又會讓人發出會心一笑的人生道理。

故事簡介：

只要班上的學生不聽話，老師Mrs. Gorf就把眼前的學生變成蘋果。當老師正慶幸因為學生全都變成蘋果而不用再來上課時，變成蘋果的學生群起反擊，不但讓Mrs. Corf解除對學生們所施的魔法，更技巧的讓Mrs. Corf 永遠地消失。

新來的Mrs. Jewls是位溫柔又和善的老師，但面對這群古靈精怪的學生，一連串天真卻又無厘頭的問題與答案，Mrs. Jewls似乎有點無所適從。