spelling bees

"Terribly shy, India Wimple is brilliant at spelling and her loving family will do whatever it takes to help her compete in a televised national spelling bee in Sydney, Australia"--OCLC.

When Maya, who has been preparing for the school spelling bee for weeks, loses to Sadie, Ms. M the witch appears to help Maya deal with her jealousy and learn to be a good friend.

"Terribly shy, India Wimple is brilliant at spelling and her loving family will do whatever it takes to help her compete in a televised national spelling bee in Sydney, Australia"--OCLC.

George is representing his school at the county-wide spelling bee, and hopes to compete without getting overpowered by an embarrassing, magic super burp.

Mizz Lizzie is the busiest bee in town, and she is determined to win the school spelling contest--but after studying all night she falls asleep during the contest, and when she finally wakes up she realizes that she has to learn to stop and smell the flowers.

When Ms. Beasley announces that Eugene McGillicuddy (whose superhero alter ego is Captain Awesome) will be representing the class in the second grade spelling bee along with Meredith Mooney also known as Little Miss Stinky Pinky, Captain Awesome wonders if his spelling superpowers are strong enough to defeat his nemesis?.

When her former best friend gets popular and leaves her behind, sixth-grader Ruth prefers to be alone, studying for the school spelling bee, until she finds a riddle in an old book.

When superhero Ellie does not qualify for the school spelling bee she is disappointed, but willing to help her best friend Hannah study instead--but Hannah and the other children are starting to act rather strange, and Ellie is convinced that there is something sinister about the substitute librarian, Mrs. Bumble, who seems to have an awful lot of bees following her around.

The students in Miss Molina's third grade class are abuzz with excitement about the upcoming spelling bee, where they will be competing against the two other classes in third grade. Simon Ellis, who just happens to be good at a lot of other things, is also very good at spelling.

Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade Franklin School Friends participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit takes over until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine.