Oliver, whose friends are puppets and stuffed toys, imagines adventures, but discovers the delights of another kind of friend when a tennis ball rolls into his yard.
Ms. Shelby's third-grade girls are so excited about her upcoming wedding that they start a wedding planning competition, which drives a wedge between best friends Nikki and Deja, the two whose names were drawn to attend the event.
Mallory's journal of her fourth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., reveals how much fun she has, despite a loose tooth, being upset with her best friend, Mary Ann, and getting separated from her class in a museum.
Bullied by two mean girls in her sixth-grade class, a lonely, plump girl gains self-confidence and makes new friends after a mysterious fox gently bites her.
Cupcake runs a successful bakery with help from his best friend, Eggplant, but dreams of going abroad to meet his idol, Turkish Delight, who is the most famous pastry chef in the world.
On the planet Budap, when friends Dalen and Gole invesigate how a competitor, Tunax, beat them in a jet-racer competition, they accidentally find their way to Earth, where they befriend Rachel and discover that Tunax and his father are involved in a conspiracy to steal all the fish from the fishing community of Port Angus and transport them to Budap.
