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Told in rhyming text, a little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances, but even bad days end eventually.

As Grace and her classmates study foods from other cultures, she has the opportunity to ponder such mysteries as whether Owen 1 is really bad or not, why she feels jealous when her father helps her best friend with her hot dog report, and how Augustine Dupre, her family's French boarder, can be so wise.

Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.

From the Publisher: Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling story is now one of the biggest family movie events of 2005-celebrate with this irresistible movie tie-in! One summer day, Opal goes into a supermarket and comes out with a scraggly dog that she names Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, her preacher father finally tells her ten things about her absentee mother, and Opal makes lots of unusual friends in her quirky Florida town. And because...

Henry really likes kindergarten-there's painting, singing, story time and lots of new things to learn. But there's one thing Henry doesn't like: show and tell! His legs get all shaky and he's too shy to speak. And it doesn't help that his classmate Tony always asks, "Is Henry going to barf?" Just in time, Henry's kind teacher comes to the rescue with a great plan for helping him overcome his fears. With bright, humorous illustrations and cheerful,...

Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.

After choosing a new dog, Ben describes what the pet Aggie can do and should not do around the house.

"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning--at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."--

This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

"When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--