A young boy, faced with the prospect of having to take a music class, thinks about all the terrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.

A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.

Something is trashing the classrooms at Emerson Hicky Elementary School, and sixth-grade private eye Chet Gecko sets out to find the creature that's responsible.

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

The students' scheme to find a love match for their beloved teacher on Valentine's Day turns into a comedy of errors when four stupid cupids from Ancient Greece try to help.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

A.J. believes his new peewee football coach is crazy after she demands the team does push-ups in the mud and tells them to lift up a car, but when she wants to put girls on the team, A.J. thinks the coach is going too far.

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

When the new penguin at school turns out to be a private eye, Chet Gecko confronts not only a devious sparrow but also his own jealousy.

Amelia Bedelia, a literal-minded first-grader, finds her first day of school filled with confusing adventures--much to her delight.