It's Ginger's birthday, and she has to invite all the girls in her class to her party, including Lyla Browning. Even though she doesn't want to! Lyla isn't like the other girls: she smells like old leaves, doesn't talk much, and once brought a tarantula to school for show-and-tell.

"Rose is a distracted and creative soul. She does her best at school, but sometimes her mind wanders, and she answers the wrong question ... And her desk? Well, keeping her desk neat is a challenge. When it's time to make thank-you cards for a class visitor, Rose's art supplies turn her workspace--and her--into a colorful mess. But her artistic skills shine through in the gorgeous oversize card she creates. Could she possibly get a star after all?--Amazon.com....

When Turkey Tot and his friends spot some fat, juicy blackberries hanging high above their heads, Turkey Tot tries hard to figure out a way to reach them.

So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes, because she is not really the best at anything, the other girls leave her out, and even her Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys; but things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade--to Audrey L (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common...