When Grandpa receives a letter in the mail reminding him that his 50th Class Reunion is just around the corner, he has mixed feelings. He is happy because he will get to see all his old friends. But he is afraid they will be expecting to see the young and fit person they knew in high school, not the overweight person he has become. And so begins a series of hilarious attempts by Grandpa to lose some of the extra pounds he put on over the years. Readers watch as Grandpa goes on the 7 O'Clock Diet, the Throw It Away Diet, the Eat Only When Your Stomach Growls Diet, and even the Dark Chocolate...

Grandpa has a habit that drives Grandma crazy. He never washes his jeans And Brian, his grandson, wants to be just like him. Day after day their jeans get dirtier and dirtier. And the dirtier they get, the more Brian and Grandpa like them. Nothing anyone can do or say can make them change their minds. When the doctor is brought in to reveal all the germs hiding in their jeans, Brian and Grandpa like the funny-looking bugs. When their jeans get so stiff that they can stand on their own, they have a stiff jeans dancing party. Then one day Brian and his grandpa see something that makes them...