The story about eleven-year old Harriet, who is a spy, plans to be a writer, and keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts and notes on her school mates and people she observes on her after-school "spy route." However, when her classmates find and read her notebook, their anger and retaliation, and Harriet's unexpected responses, explode in a hilarious and often touching manner.

When he is called to the principal's office, George hurries to explain that other people were to blame for the many things that went wrong during the day, from his late arrival to the escape of some mice.

"It's a new school year, and it's perfect. Until class starts that is, and everything goes wrong. Ella can't believe that her absolutely worst enemy ever, Peach, is sitting next to her! No matter how far Ella moves her new pencil case across the desk, Peach is in her space. Where's her BFF Zoe? How can this year get any worse?"--Back cover.

"Will Jessica find a friend on her first day of school? Watch closely as Jessica reveals the contents of her box. Could this be the answer to her dreams of friendship?"--Back cover.

Cocoa the horse does not want Cowgirl Kate to go to school without him.

On Parrot's first day of school, he learns a lesson about talking too much.

On Python's first day of school, she can't stop squeezing her classmates, until Elephant accidentally shows her how it feels.

In a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf describes his attempts to create "the scariest school in the world" and convince his ghostly Uncle Bigbad to teach a magic class.

When a Dutch girl writes an essay on why there are no storks in her town, she sets off a chain of events.

Clementine's beloved teacher, Mr. D'Matz might be leaving for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt. The only solution, she decides, is to hatch a plan to get Mr. D'Matz back even if it means ruining his once-in-a-lifetime chance.