Plum decides to hold a dance recital at Strawberry's Café Cabaret stage and sends out a stack of invitations. She forgets, however, to check the sign-up sheet at the Café and schedules it for the same night as Blueberry is scheduled to read to the baby Berrykins. Strawberry tells Plum she cannot hold the recital in the Café on her chosen day because the Café is booked.
Cherry Jam is so enjoying staying in Berry Bitty City, that she calls her managers in Big Bitty City and informs them that she is going to stay for a much needed vacation! Strawberry and the girls are thrilled that she will be with them for a little longer, and they do all they can to make their guest comfortable. But Cherry doesn't want to be treated like a guest she wants to fit in and contribute to the community.
"When the East Wind blows, it means your berry favorite dream will come true," or that's what Strawberry Shortcake's always heard and she believes it. Strawberry dreams of a world where she and her friends can grow better everyday. But when a poor berry crop puts a strain on the Strawberryland resources, it puts a strain on Strawberry's friends, too. And when the strain causes a falling-out among them, it's a nightmare for Strawberry Shortcake.
The girls plan a formal afternoon lawn party tea to inaugurate their new dog park. Plum is in charge of decorations, Cherry music, and Strawberry snacks. There's even a giant, dog-shaped ice sculpture. As the girls get dressed, Raspberry puts the finishing touches on the high-fashion hats that will accompany their beautiful gowns. At last everything is ready. But when the gate opens... the puppies back away!
Lemon and Raspberry's fashion podcast is saved by Apple, then almost sabotaged by Sweet and Sour when Lemon's "mood hair" runs amok, acting like the bickering twins, and the twins' comical argument is accidentally broadcast on the "berrynet."
Berrykins Ed and Earl report to Princess Berrykin and Strawberry that they are certain there is a monster in the berry patch! They saw something with many noses and many tails making weird noises in the bushes. But upon further investigation by Strawberry and her friends, it is discovered that friendly boy Huckleberry Pie was driving his pet-mobile of orphan dogs through the countryside, took a wrong turn and got stuck near Berry Bitty City.
At the girls' campout, Sour launches into a whopper of a yarn about the adventures she and Sweet had in the "Berry Deep Dark Forest." She tries to get Sweet to participate in spinning the tale, but Sour's over-the-top performance leaves Sweet behind. Toward the end, Sour graciously changes the story to pull Sweet into it, giving Sweet the opportunity to toss in an ad lib that makes a nice topper to Sour's story.
It's another windy winter day, and the postal bees are staying indoors-the wind is too strong for their berry bitty wings. "We don't know when the next mail will get through!" It's bad news for Blueberry, who has been anxiously awaiting the next installment of a Patty Persimmon Detective story. If only she could get to the post office in Berry Bitty Dale where her package is waiting!
Strawberry, Cherry and the girls form a new band, Strawberry and the Sweet Beats, and prepare to go on the road to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Berry Big City Games! While master mechanic Berrykin Bruce turns Cherry's tour bus into the band's hotel-on-wheels, Strawberry and her friends pack for the big trip. But the rest of Berry Bitty City points out that someone needs to run the girls' businesses while they are gone.
Berry Bitty City is abuzz as Berrykin Bloom introduces the biggest, juiciest, strangest fruit anyone has ever seen! It's the size of a house, shaped like a strawberry, colored like a watermelon and has a spiky pineapple top. "I call it the sparklestrawwaterpineberry!" says Berrykin Bloom. Princess Berrykin declares it the greatest achievement in Berryculture she's ever witnessed.
The girls are all gathered at the café. Strawberry is experimenting making applesauce from scratch with a mallet (and making a mess) while the rest busily make their own wrapping paper and bows for the annual gift exchange they hold in celebration of First Frost. Mr. Longface stops by and Strawberry offers him some fresh applesauce but he declines, as he doesn't care for it. He's only there for some tea and, being that he's new in town, doesn't know what the group is up to.
Friends from all over the world descend on Strawberryland to take part in the first Great Friendship Festival. Strawberry thinks the festival will provide a wonderful opportunity to see the world through different eyes.
"When the East Wind blows, it means your berry favorite dream will come true," or that's what Strawberry Shortcake's always heard and she believes it. Strawberry dreams of a world where she and her friends can grow better everyday. But when a poor berry crop puts a strain on the Strawberryland resources, it puts a strain on Strawberry's friends, too. And when the strain causes a falling-out among them, it's a nightmare for Strawberry Shortcake.
Apple's rave review on her berryweb page of Strawberry's new dessert starts a booming mail order dessert business for Berry Bitty City. When Strawberry's stuffed-up nose makes her bake a bad-tasting cake, Apple, afraid the truth will hurt Strawberry's reputation, proclaims it's delicious. The fib snowballs when the Queen of Berryvania reads Apple's review and orders Strawberry's new cake for her ball.
Cherry Jam is being driven to distraction! She can't finish a song that she promised to write for a singing group, thanks to the earsplitting noise from Berrykin construction crews who are trying to find the sparkleberry juice blockage that has shut down the town's power. Strawberry can't cook in the café, Lemon's hair salon appliances are running out of control-life in Berry Bitty City is impossible!
Strawberry is at Orange's store to mail a birthday card to a friend in Big Bitty City. Just after she drops the card into the mail slot, an ill postal carrier bee sneezes sending envelopes and post cards flying in all directions. The two girls help Jadeybug, a postal clerk, and Postmaster Bee gather up the strewn letters and the ill bee gets sent home from work.
Overhearing Blueberry reading a story to the baby Berrykins about the scary Galumphalot, Orange is uncharacteristically shaken. She determines she doesn't want anything scary around her, just relaxation. But while the girls are having a hair-styling party at Lemon's salon, a malfunction at the BerryWorks causes the whole town to go dark. And Orange begins to get really anxious.
Berrykins Ed and Earl report to Princess Berrykin and Strawberry that they are certain there is a monster in the berry patch! They saw something with many noses and many tails making weird noises in the bushes. But upon further investigation by Strawberry and her friends, it is discovered that friendly boy Huckleberry Pie was driving his pet-mobile of orphan dogs through the countryside, took a wrong turn and got stuck near Berry Bitty City.
With all the Baby Berrykins running around Berry Bitty City, Princess Berrykin decides to build a Day Care Center and playground. But she's worried because it's dull-looking - all grey metal and brown wood. She asks Strawberry whom might be good to help her out. And two names immediately come to her mind - Lemon and Raspberry! The Princess confesses she's always admired their sense of design and style.
Blueberry is disappointed in the girls' lack of enthusiasm for the Patti Persimmon mystery novels, her favorite book series. She finds herself missing the company of her fellow Persimmon fan Huckleberry, and thinks up a great way to get him to visit. She invites Huck to co-write a story with her to submit to an online mystery magazine.. Huck eagerly accepts and comes for a visit.