"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."-- Provided by publisher.

When her former best friend gets popular and leaves her behind, sixth-grader Ruth prefers to be alone, studying for the school spelling bee, until she finds a riddle in an old book.

When Gordon Liddy Community School's resident tattletale-detective, Chrissie Woodward, realizes that the adults are out to fix the big spelling bee, she transfers her loyalty to her fellow students and starts collecting evidence. Told through in-class letters, administrative memos, file notes from Chrissie's investigation, and testimony from spelling bee contestants.

Little witch Cordelia loves to spell, but can she beat the long-time champion in the Witchy Spelling Bee?

Kylie Jean is studying hard for the spelling bee at school, but she keeps getting distracted by the kitten that she and her cousin Lucy found.

Brewster Elementary is having a spelling bee and everyone's excited. Everyone except Henry Heckelbeck, that is. Sure Henry can spell words correctly, but being in front of a crowd can be very scary! Will magic help or will it only spell trouble?-- Publisher's description.

Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade Franklin School Friends participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit takes over until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine.

George the bear helps his best friend Abigail, a young chicken, practice for the city spelling bee, then cheers her up when she makes a mistake.

George is representing his school at the county-wide spelling bee, and hopes to compete without getting overpowered by an embarrassing, magic super burp.

There is only one baseball field available for the children at Cherry Hill Elementary, and Jamie Redmond and the fifth-graders insist that they have priority, so fourth-grader Sylvie suggests that they let the school spelling bee decide--and then finds herself willing do anything, including cheating and agreeing to be the girl friend of Daniel Fink, a boy who is made fun of by the other students because he has an artificial leg, to ensure that her...