contests

Third grader Gordie worries about coming up with a scary costume for the school Halloween parade and about having to take care of a timid younger boy.

Although her baby hatched from an egg and looks suspiciously like a chick, Marjorie the cow proudly enters her in the "beautiful baby cow" contest.

When Michael's balloon gets hooked on a truck, he thinks it has no chance of winning the balloon race at school.

When his family runs low on funds while on a trip to Toronto, nine-year-old Sam allows himself to be "borrowed" and entered in a contest to find the Perfecto Kiddo, hoping to win $10,000.

When a dragon threatens to disrupt the life of the townspeople, a little girl challenges the scaly creature to a math contest involving knowledge of weight.

Frank and Joe must find out who is playing pranks that threaten to ruin a detective contest.

Jess Adams, a young girl who usually rides at the homey Shady Lane Stables, faces a crisis of conscience when she wins a pony of her own in a competition sponsored by Jasper Carlisle, owner of the smart, new Rychester Riding Stables, and must decide where to keep her new horse.

Mr. Day's class has a contest, recycling bottles and cans so that they will have enough money to buy a guinea pig.

Franklin and Bear decide to build a soapbox car in hopes of winning the prizes at the Soapbox Derby.

The twins enter a treasure hunt giveaway. They crack the contest code, but the video holding the final clue is gone.