When Lulu's parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.

Amelia must continually remind her gorilla friend, Nilson, not to have fits, especially when they are running errands with her mother, but sometimes Amelia stomps and growls, too.

Nine-year-old Ben, a natural athlete and member of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team, wants to overcome his inexperience and prove himself on the field, but his obnoxious teammate, Mark, keeps hogging the ball.

After planning for months to have the perfect school picture taken, a boy's moment of weakness ruins everything.

Witch Heidi is angry when mean Melanie Maplethorpe dresses as a witch for Halloween, but when she decides to retaliate, she almost loses all her friends.

Georgia Khatchadorian plans to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaking brother failed.

"Nate Wright is born to be wild! And when Enslave the Mollusk is invited to play at the P.S. 38 annual open house, he and his bandmates are on the stairway to heaven. While the kids rock, the school year rolls on. Mrs. Godfrey is back in black, Gina thinks she's hot stuff, and Coach John is dazed and confused. The good news: Nate's finally reunited with Trudy, his summer crush. But when he finds out she's a-gulp-seventh grader, will Nate lose that...

Collects three school stories featuring Miss Nelson, her students, and Miss Nelson's alter ego, Violet Swamp, at the Horace B. Smedley School.

By Day, By Night journeys from morning to evening, from country to country, into the hearts of people everywhere.

Here are just a few of the things a teacher would never say: when you are done chewing your gum, stick it under the table, if you don't know an answer, copy off a classmate, and don't bother coming to school tomorrow. Discover the others in this hysterical picture book.