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Paddington Bear and Mr. Gruber spend the day at a carnival in Little Venice, where Paddington outsmarts a sneaky boy who tries to keep the bear from winning a contest.

Hoping to beat his cousin Percy in the cat show, Ralph allows Sarah to help him spruce up his image and get in shape.

Katie, who has never cooked a thing by herself, transforms into Louie the chef at a pizza parlor sponsoring a pizza-eating contest and is forced to find a way to fill his shoes.

Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line.

Robert Dorfman strives to win a classroom achievement contest.

A guide to studying for the National Geography Standards exam which explains the key concepts students in grades four through eight should understand in order to perform well on the exam.

Eight-year-old Robert spends much of his time memorizing trivia in hopes of becoming a contestant on "Instant Millionaire," and although nothing works out as he wished, he does get a chance to compete for a prize.

Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.

In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.

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.