Abby Carter

Rose and Valentina's friendship is jeopardized by a competition over who can have the most pink things.

Although reluctant at first, the second graders in Mr. Hopper's class follow new student Luna's suggestion and perform as stars in a "midnight circus" on Family Night.

When Mommy and Daddy take Jake and Jenny back-to-school shopping, they are determined to stick to their list but when Mommy steps away, requests for items not on the list abound, including one from Daddy.

Every day, when Lucy takes Scooter for a walk, he hopes to go around the corner to see what is there, but when he finally gets his chance to explore on his own, he learns that he is not ready to go around the corner alone.

Asks the reader a series of yes or no questions as Ollie gets dressed, spends a day at school, and returns home.

A rhyming story about the hysteria that ensues when a new pet snake is found missing from his cage.

The mayor visits Ms. Reade's school library, and when he decides it is too noisy, he turns off the computers and Dvd players, locks up all the books, and sends the students and teachers away, but soon realizes that a library is no good if it is not being used.

After Andy hosts a barn sale to raise money for a case for Granny Webb's binoculars, he realizes that they accidentally were sold, so with Dolores's help they try to track down the missing binoculars.

A young girl describes all the things she likes about her grandmother, including the purple bus she drives, growing vegetables, picketing City Hall, and playing the banjo.

Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem.