spelling bees

Gabby's pet monster, Dwight, wants to participate in a spelling bee but, unfortunately, no one understands him. Dwight has no luck with speech therapy but he could use an interpreter if only Vice Principal Burns would approve.

Preparing for spelling bees, having a secret admirer, and waiting for her chest size to catch up with her enormous feet are pressure enough, but twelve-year-old Vanessa must also deal with loneliness and very real fears as her mother, Florida's governor, runs for President of the United States.

Provides guidance and tools for winning spelling bees, covering spelling rules and exceptions, word roots, and spelling bee dos and don'ts, and includes an interactive audio CD that follows a fictional speller from the classroom to the national competition in Washington, D.C.

Kate wants to win a fiercely competitive spelling bee, but she does not want to lose her best friend in the process.

Gwen learns that being a good sport means helping people on your team whether it is for soccer or the spelling bee.

Little witch Cordelia loves to spell, but can she beat the long-time champion in the Witchy Spelling Bee?.

Captain Awesome is up against Miss Stinky Pinky in the second grade spelling bee.

When Gordon Liddy Community School's resident tattletale-detective, Chrissie Woodward, realizes that the adults are out to fix the big spelling bee, she transfers her loyalty to her fellow students and starts collecting evidence. Told through in-class letters, administrative memos, file notes from Chrissie's investigation, and testimony from spelling bee contestants.

In 1969, the town of Red Clover, South Carolina, led by an enthusiastic new Latin teacher, supports thirteen-year-old Karlene as she wins her school spelling bee and strives to qualify for the National Bee, despite family problems and a growing desire for romance.

In the late nineteenth century, Lillie gains friendship and help with a spelling bee from a neighbor, Frances Willard, who braves criticism to speak about women's rights and learn to ride a bicycle. Includes historical notes.