When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

Told in rhyming text, a young girl cheers her brother on at a skateboarding competition, and returns home with her family to dream of her favorite extreme sport.

Seven-year-old Stink Moody discovers that he can get free samples by writing letters to candy companies and plans a surprise for his best friend's birthday.

Rex is embarrassed when his mother insists he take his little sister to the swamp where his friends are playing, but when he tells her to "get lost" he soon regrets his behavior.

A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.

The end of May makes Petal, the sixth sister, nervous for the month of June--her month--to begin, but the Huit octuplets have a wedding to look forward to, the Petes, and the cats in Paris.

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...

Barbie and her sisters search for their puppies when they go missing at the Dancing Horse Festival.

"Chuck Wood is the most popular kid in school, and Louie Ratso can't believe that Chuck has asked him for help! Chuck likes Louie's friend Fluffy Rabbitski, and he wants Louie to help him get Fluffy to notice him. As for Ralphie Ratso, he can't believe that his brother wants to spend all his time with Chuck instead of with him. Meanwhile, despite Louie and Chuck's attempts to get Fluffy's attention, she has eyes for only one thing: her garden. But...