Jamie Harper

The creator of Miles to Go heads over to the preschool Grand Prix, where a little girl is about to give the boys a run for their money. It's race day at the Red Apple School, and Miles and Otto can't wait. But what's that fancy Speedster doing here? It belongs to a girl named Indie, and the boys had better get in shape if they want to win the trophy! Soon everyone is off -- "whish! whoosh! -- "and Miles takes an early lead. But then Indie is at his...

Miss Mingo helps all of the animal students in her class overcome their shyness on the first day of school by encouraging them to share something special about themselves. Includes facts about animals.

The only time Grace can get away from her little sister, who copies her every move, is when she goes to swimming class.

It's no ordinary day in Miss Mingo's classroom: it's the 100th day of school! Everyone has prepared 100th Day projects. There are many ways to get to the number 100, and the students in Miss Mingo's class demonstrate all kinds of combinations: ten sets of ten, two sets of fifty, five sets of twenty, and more. With animal facts peppered in among the festivities, every creature in class has a chance to show off their knowledge and discover something...

Things that are wrong with adults include wearing boring clothes, refusing to share their stuff, and liking things clean.

"Take one hungry baby, add slippery noodles, messy sauce, and fruit (plus one very helpful big sister), and stir up some finger-lickin' fun"--Page 4 of cover

Third-grader EllRay is becoming famous for messing up, and when his little sister accidentally kills EllRay's class goldfish, and then he forgets his teacher's read-aloud book at home, it only makes matters worse.

Third-grader Emma's peaceful life as an only child is disrupted when she has to temporarily share her tidy bedroom with four-year-old Anthony Scarpetto, a bona fide "pain in the patootie."

"An emperor penguin mom treks up to fifty miles to bring food to her hungry chick. A toothy American alligator carefully carries hatchlings in her mouth, shuttling them safely to the water. A piping plover uses her best acting skills to feign an injury, luring predators away from her offspring. Whether building elaborate burrows, forgoing food for months on end to feed their cubs, toting hundreds of spiderlings on their backs, conducting patient swimming...