Sarah Weeks

Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

"Melody has lived in Royal, Indiana, for as long as she can remember. It's been just her and her father, and she's been okay with that. But then she overhears him calling someone Honey-- and suddenly it feels like everyone in Royal has a secret. It's up to Melody and her best friend, Nick, to piece together the clues and discover why Honey is being hidden. Meanwhile, a dog named Mo is new to Royal. He doesn't remember much from when he was a puppy...

Pip Squeak the mouse is kept awake all night by the drips from his leaky roof.

Different animals ask to join a fish in a tub until the tub is full.

A disgruntled big sister reveals unpleasant facts about babies.

Mrs. McNosh's dog breaks his leash and leads her on a merry chase in the park, disrupting a wedding and a ballgame.

In rhyming text, a little pig exults in the fact that she is a pig.

A little girl pleas her innocence from her time-out chair by contrasting her behavior with that of wild and ferocious animals.

When Ella is banned from bringing her umbrella to the dance recital, she comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

When increasing numbers of sheep in a rainbow of colors appear in a man's bedroom as he tries to fall asleep, he must resort to more and more elaborate means of removing them.