"When Magnolia's family prepares to meet Santa at the local mall, she befriends a mischievous pirate and tries to get him taken off Santa's 'naug

Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and t

Nine-year-old Iggy's attempt to show his parents he is responsible enough to take care of a dog goes hilariously awry.

Third-grader Katie Carew gets into trouble for breaking school rules, but when she magically turns into the school's principal and eliminates all

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation i

Vignettes of children whose less than desirable behavior is masked in insidious but acceptable ways.

Twelve-year-old Alexander Baddenfield, the last in a long line of evil men who die young, has his cat's extra eight lives transplanted into his o

"For twelve-year-old Elspeth Pule, life is dull and lonely in the real world, where she misses her good friends, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, and Rodn

As the children plan her birthday party, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle offers cures for such common conditions as watching too much television and the fear

"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--

Fourth-grader Iggy Frangi and his friends, afraid the principal saw them pulling a big prank, vow to be so good they are invisible, but learn tha