A "dreamer maximus" describes the many ways one can dream, and the importance of being a happy dreamer.

In a crowded park, a boy makes an airplane out of a piece of paper carried to him by a gentle breeze, sends it on its way, and watches a new friend bring it back to him.

After wishing there were two of him to complete all the items on his "to do" list, Leo discovers that the real problem is not the number of Leos, but the length of the list.

"When a young boy begins to play on his family's piano, reveling in the fun of plunking the keys, his father signs him up for lessons so that he can learn to play properly. With his father's encouragement, Raj learns notes, then scales, then songs, and finally classical pieces that his father can recognize and be proud of. But the more Raj practices and the more skilled he becomes, the less he enjoys playing, until he grows up and stops playing altogether....

Jerónimo enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others. En la edición en español de este extraordinario cuento de Peter H. Reynolds, Jerónimo descubre la magia de las palabras que lo rodean; palabras cortas y duces, palabras de dos sílabas, palabras de muchas sílabas que más bien parecen canciones. Palabras que conectan, transforman y lo hacen sentir a uno bien.

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

Judy Moody's new friendship with Amy Namey causes problems with her old friends and the school project they are working on together.

After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

When her substitute teacher realizes she is struggling in math, Judy is sent to a math tutor at the local college and soon is completely into the spirit of college life.