During School Spirit Week, the new girl in school challenges the Cul-de-sac Kids to guess her secret.

A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

Although some of the things her older sister taught her at home seem a little unusual at school, other lessons help make Annabelle's first day in

David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "N

Missing the familiarity of first grade and imagining the impossible tasks assigned by his next teacher, a boy refuses to start second grade.

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up."

When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable.

Humphrey the hamster and the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class get ready for the holidays and a special Winter Wonderland program.

Jessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school.

Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.

Humphrey the hamster is puzzled when unfamiliar students fill Mrs. Brisbane's classroom at summer's end, but he soon learns that his friends from

Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.