The Tuffy Stories contain seven individual tales and The Gobbledygook includes three stories, with the idea being children can be told a different story each day to avoid repetition if there are few books on the ward.
Similar to the majority of Oregon, Albany's weather is considered to be mild. Albany has generally warm and dry summers during which precipitation drops to 0.4 inches (10 mm) in July and temperatures peak at an average of 80.8 Â°F (27 Â°C) in August. The record high temperature in Albany was 108 Â°F (42 Â°C) in 1981.
Like many of Oregon's large cities, Portland's climate can be unpredictable. September is traditionally one of the city's warmer and drier months, with average daytime highs of about 74 degrees Fahrenheit and overnight lows in the mid-50s. September's precipitation levels average less than 2 inches, with the first half of the month usually much drier than the second.