A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.

"It's time for the annual Ella Mentry School talent show, and this year Principal Klutz has hired a wacky professional, Mrs. Lane, to help the kids with their talents"--

After an embarrassing incident, a young boy decides to quit school.

When Mr. Will, the local ice cream man, brings treats to the students at Ella Mentry School, Dr. Carbies will stop at nothing to ensure no one breaks his latest rule banning desserts.

"A girl from a faraway place begins her first day at school. She doesn't speak the language and she looks different. She just doesn't fit in. But one day, she makes an unexpected friend a squirrel! Then a rabbit joins them. Soon the girl's fuzzy woodland friends are followed by human ones and school becomes more fun!"--

Japanese American Mika is the newest member of the Lotus Lane Girls, with her very own new diary, but she is still troubled by tensions between her different friends, and worried about her project for the school newspaper.

After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

Lulu starts witch school and meets a classmate who is best at everything.

Although he is a dog, Bailey goes to school where his canine abilities enliven an ordinary day.

Katie looks forward to celebrating her birthday at school, and then finds a way to make it even more special when her friend Pedro mentions that he has a summer birthday.