Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves.

Things that are wrong with adults include wearing boring clothes, refusing to share their stuff, and liking things clean.

The only time Grace can get away from her little sister, who copies her every move, is when she goes to swimming class.

"It's race day at school, and Miles and Otto can't wait. But what's that fancy race car doing here, and whose is it? The Grand Prix just got a lot more interesting"--From publisher description.

All the boys in EllRay's third-grade class have something they can brag about. Corey's on the swim team, Kevin is super tall, Jared's dad has an ATV. But EllRay's dad is a geologist - not much to brag about. After all, rocks are boring. Then EllRay sees the crystals in his dad's office, and they are really cool looking. If EllRay just "borrows" them to show his classmates, he knows they'd be impressed. And his dad will never have to know. It's a perfect...

When a new girl joins her third-grade class just before Thanksgiving, Emma thinks only about gaining her friendship before the popular Cynthia can, and hurts her best friend Annie Pat's feelings in the process.

Third-grader Emma becomes a reluctant heroine when she defends a friend from the class bully.

Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes decides to "borrow" his father's crystals to impress his classmates, but his plan to return the crystals before his father notices goes awry.