Barkley, Callie

After winning the lead role in a play, acing a spelling test, and finding money, second-grader Ellie wonders if the Critter Club animal shelter's newest animal--a little pink pig--is bringing her good luck.

"Liz is excited for her sleepover at the museum until she hears some spooky noises that may turn this sleepover into a nightmare"--OCLC.

"When Ellie joins a softball team, she quickly realizes that the sport is harder than it looks! Is she meant only for the stage, not the field? And what happens when Ellie goes searching in the woods near the field for a stray ball and finds an injured baby deer?!"--OCLC.

When a broken ankle forces Marion to withdraw from the horse show, she finds a way to stay active by helping her friends at the Critter Club animal shelter find homes for a litter of kittens.

After Marion loses the class hamster, a mysterious letter shows up in her locker, filled with clues that lead her on a scavenger hunt.

Liz is excited for her sleepover at the museum until she hears some spooky noises that may turn this sleepover into a nightmare.

Ellie is excited to be a flower girl in her cousin's wedding, while helping the Critter Club find a home for a little French bulldog.

Unless Amy and her friends in the Critter Club can come up with an alternative plan, new stores are going to be built on the town's park, endangering the lives of the plants and animals living there.

When Marion finally gets the chance to babysit her little sister, she finds that the task is harder than she expected, especially when she gets called to the Critter Club to help with a stray cat and must bring Gabby along.

As her friends in the Critter Club animal shelter care for colorful aquarium fish, second-grader Liz and her family spend a long weekend at the beach, where Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes with an unfriendly young neighbor in a sand castle contest.