The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...

Minna and Pip make Valentine's Day gifts for their neighbors after learning about the history of the holiday at school.

Nikki Maxwell has been writing in a diary since the start of the school year, and she usually takes it everywhere she goes - so she can't believe it when one morning she can't find her diary! The hunt is on, and while she looks, pursuing various theories about where it could be, Nikki can't help putting together a list of important diary-keeping lessons to remember in case of missing diary emergencies like this one. How to Dork Your Diary is chock...

Digby's mother helps him make it through the second day of school by sending him off with a pocket full of kisses.

Reading level: Ages 5-7 When second-grader Eugene's favorite comic book goes missing, he blames his best friend Charlie even though he has no evidence

Third grade best friends Owen and Joseph struggle to come up with a great science fair project that they will both enjoy doing, then something goes wrong and they have to change their plans two days before the fair.

A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.

Before they begin planting new trees, Mr. Tate tells his students to listen closely as the lone tree behind their school counts out ten ways it serves the needs of different animals.

Max and Kelly both want to win the election for class president, but when one of them loses, the winner finds a way to make the loser feel better.

Lazlo, who has just moved to the United States from Hungary, is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him.