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.
During a class field trip to a Pilgrim village recreation, Katie finds herself replacing an actor playing a Pilgrim and, later, when her family goes to New York City, she becomes a clown in the Thanksgiving Day parade.
Katie Carew's third-grade class spends three days at Science Camp, where Katie magically changes places with the strict Head Counselor while on a hike and gets her group hopelessly lost. Includes directions for making all-natural soap.
Katie, an ordinary third-grader who is sometimes touched by a magical wind that turns her into other people, gains insights into the thinking of a new girl at school who is trying to fit in by doing all the wrong things.
When strict Mrs. Derkman moves next door to third-grader Katie Carew, scares her friends away, and insists she keep her dog, Pepper, on a leash, Katie finds a non-magical solution to the problem. Includes steps for teaching a dog to sit and stay.
Katie, an ordinary third-grader who accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself, turns into her best friend Jeremy and tries to reconcile the boys and girls in Class 3A after the boys decide all girls have cooties.
Third-grader Katie Carew, transformed by a magical wind into Lucille, the nasty lunch lady, gets the older woman fired for starting a food fight and must figure out how to get Lucille's job back.