Martin Bridge finds himself with conflicting loyalties as the competition for more badges heats up; and his summer looks a little bleak when his best friends Alex and Stuart are grounded for damaging Pete's ice cream truck.
Martin Bridge and his friends get ready for the science fair, but a classmate refuses to do his part; and Martin gets advice from a grouchy old aunt and learns the importance of helping others.
When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lambchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.
A cumulative tale in which Quantz, who is repaid in fleas for scratching a stray dog, makes a series of trades that turn one person's burden into the next one's joy and ultimately brings them all together for a circus performance.
Beany definitely does not want to spend her summer vacation at camp, but she endures bugs and a bossy cabin-mate, finds a new friend, and has an okay time after all.
In their second adventure, the four remaining McNally children are drawn to the mysterious Fishbone Forest in search of their dead brother's stolen brain, only to discover the terrifying Mr. Maggs and his sinister plan to change the world.
After writing a simple story for school, Ellie encounters a series of characters who each tell their own version of what really happened the day a bug was almost stepped on.
Kicky is the only frog who has not yet lost his tail and Croaker teases that he is still a tadpole--until they get in trouble and Kicky's tail saves the day.
Josh forgot to bring the cocoa for the chocolate cake his class is going to make, but when he pulls the strings on his magic backpack, Josh and a friend fly to his uncle's cocoa plantation in Ghana.
