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"Chirton Krauss is a good child--the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is not quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides...

"This book is about me Clarice Bean. It's a very funny book and all the pages have pictures, mostly of me. There are some annoying bits when my little brother barges in on pages 8 and 9 so you want to skip those"--p. 3 of cover

A trip to the store with mom becomes a series of math problems for number whiz Charlie and his younger sister, Lola, whose numbers include "twenty-seventeen" and "a squillion.".

Charlie has this little sister, Lola. One day, Lola finds a stuffed rabbit outside of school. Charlie says "we should try to find it's owner." But Lola says, "I would like to actually keep it!"--Back cover.

Charlie and Lola, whose parents are against getting a dog, discuss the attributes of the perfect dog and come to an unusual conclusion.