humorous stories

Third-grader Katie Carew gains insight into the thinking of the class bully when she is magically transformed into a hamster--an animal the bully fears.

When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.

The school librarian says a book fair is coming to the school, but one little boy has heard some weird things about what will happen.

While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair.

Six-year-old Junie B.'s penchant for spying on people and her curiosity about the private life of her teacher get her in trouble at kindergarten.

Fourth-graders Hank, Ashley, and Frankie are excitedly preparing for a magic show at the Rock 'N Bowl when Hank's creative alternative to an English essay lands him in detention and grounded the week of the show.

Irving and Muktuk, two muffin-eating polar bears from the frozen north, have some trouble fitting into life at the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey.

When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.

While preparing for a class trip to the school library, a young boy recalls all the horrible things he has heard about the librarian and her policies.

The Bailey School kids decide to investigate when they begin to believe that the new piano teacher who lives in a castle is really a knight planning to take over the city.