Pennypacker, Sara

Worried about his first day at a new school, eight-year-old Stuart wears his magic cape and hopes that it will help him.

Third-grader Clementine tries to adjust to the news that her perfect family of four is adding a new brother or sister.

"Waylon and Baxter share in the care of a stray dog, Dumpster Eddy"--Provided by publisher.

"Waylon and Baxter share in the care of a stray dog, Dumpster Eddy"--Provided by publisher.

Waylon just wants to make the world more awesome through science, but fourth-grade social woes and family upheavals threaten to make his universe explode, that is, until everything comes back together in an unexpected way.

Third-grader Clementine's school field trip to Plimoth Plantation leads to all kinds of discoveries, from fourth grade eating rules to the source of the stink on the bus.

After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back.

Flat Stanley mails himself to Japan to visit his hero, martial arts movie star Oda Nobu, and becomes his personal ninja.

Clementine faces changes at the end of her third grade year and anticipates the birth of her family's new baby.

"Waylon, a boy with the mind of a scientific genius and the vulnerable heart of an eight year old, is trying to understand his older sister and deal with changes among the kids at school"--Provided by publisher.