Katie Davis

Dexter knows everything there is to know about kindergarten and is not at all scared about his first day there, but his stuffed dog, Rufus, is very nervous.

Names animals which don't hoot, buzz, squeak, roar, or quack and also names creatures which do make these sounds.

After her father's death, aspiring sixth-grade writer Addy McMahon feels like she is cursed with bad luck, and when she temporarily loses her best friend, and is forced to admit that her mother is dating again, she vows she will never write another word.

Lists creatures that hop, fly, slither, swim, and crawl, as well as some others that don't.