On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

A mouse searches everywhere for a friend.

Disaster reigns when A.J. participates in the school's holiday pageant celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

Classics. Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are...

"Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary and her cousin Jason, who has a wicked sense of adventure and a nose for trouble"--Provided by publisher.

Tired of following the strict rules of their grumpy replacement principal, second-grader A.J. and his classmates try to find a way to bring back eccentric but lovable Principal Klutz, who was fired for bringing a wild turkey to the school's Thanksgiving Day assembly.

"For A. J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School, a night of regular trick-or-treating turns into the weirdest Halloween in the history of the universe"-- Provided by publisher.

A.J. and his classmates are convinced that new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.

"Ms. LaGrange is leaving, and that means there's a new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School. But when Ms. Hall makes it her mission to get A.J. and the gang to eat more veggies, they form a club to protest. Will Ms. Hall be able to lure them over to the veggie side? Or will their resistance be a piece of cake?"--P. [4] of cover.

By flipping the pages, the reader may view animated illustrations that follow a small mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his best friend, a giant flying robot, as they save the world from Victor Von Vulture and his vicious Voodoo Vultures from Venus. Includes easy art instructions for drawing characters from the book.