Fran Manushkin

When Pedro keeps "losing" his eyeglasses, Katie shows him why it is alright--and necessary--to wear them.

When Katie is chosen to take the class pet, Binky the guinea pig, home for the weekend, she runs into a problem.

Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.

There is an elegant substitute teacher in class today, but Katie's attempts to impress her keep going wrong.

Pedro is excited for his class's trip to the aquarium, but when he gets separated from the others near the shark tank, he gets frightened and starts running to and fro--until he takes a hint from the shark to stop going in circles.

Katie Woo learns different ways to cope with the death of her dog.

Pedro collects a lot of different bugs for a class assignment, but when his brother lets them out in the house their parents are furious, and ban any further collecting.

Pedro runs for class president against his friend Katie Woo.

When Katie Woo and her friends go to the beach, Katie is so rude and bossy that her friends do not want to play with her.

Katie is delighted when her Aunt Patty asks her to be a flower girl--but then she starts thinking about everything that could go wrong and worries that she will spoil her aunt's wedding.