Robin Pulver

The schools in Burskyville never close for snow because Axle Annie is always able to make it up the steepest hill in town, until Shifty Rhodes and Hale Snow set out to stop her.

With Santa's help, a lonely kitten finds the best home of all on Christmas Eve.

Cassandra's mother, who wishes she could go to second grade again, visits her daughter's class disguised as a plant.

Mrs. Toggle and her class prepare for the arrival of a new student whom they expect to be a dinosaur.

Always impatient and driving too fast, Rush Hotffot learns the importance of safety from school bus driver Axle Annie and her bus full of kids.

When Mr. Wright makes his students study word endings on the last day of school, even the suffixes rebel.

"Jack and Samir love to sit together--and they love to laugh, too. So much so that Miss Doover finally has to separate them. Then Miss Doover gives the class the assignment to write about something they care about, and Jack sees his chance to sit next to his best friend again. But writing an essay isn't that easy! Can Jack finally persuade Miss Dover to give him the thing he wants most...his seat back, next to Samir?"--Page [2] of cover.

Jack learns the value of revision as he practices Miss Doover's lesson on how to write a proper thank-you note.

Alicia is convinced that a tutu will make her a better dancer, but her mother says she doesn't need one.

Capital letters are being so neglected in Mr. Wright's classroom that they are nearly incapacitated, and a medical team must be summoned to perform CPR-- Capital Posture Repair.