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...

Laurie's mother becomes concerned when he returns home each day from kindergarten with stories about a mischievous classmate named Charles. Includes interpretive questions.

A little boy argues that "because" is a perfectly acceptable response to a question, in spite of what his mother says.

Seven little frogs go to school and learn some important lessons from Master Bullfrog.

Exasperated by his careless behavior, Brian Boddington's long-suffering family decides to teach him some manners.

Sister Bear insists she doesn't have to go to the bathroom before leaving on a trip, but the Bear family hasn't traveled very far before she realizes that she does have to.

Every day Joe seems to be someone different as he behaves from dawn to dusk like a pig, lion, mouse, monkey, monster, and king--depending on how he feels.

After her mother's death, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary are taken in by Aunt Cora, who runs a dancing school where Rachel's spoiled cousin Dulcie is the star pupil.

Seized with a desire for a cookie while in the park, Sophie discovers that throwing a terrible tantrum will not get her what she wants.

Prim and proper third grader Juliet sets out to serve as a good example for the untidy, enthusiastic Lydia Jane, but Lydia Jane starts to rub off on her instead.