Ramona meets many interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

Contains two stories featuring the boisterous Ramona Quimby, including "Beezus and Ramona," in which four-year-old Ramona's imagination makes her a menace to everyone--especially her older sister, Beezus; and "Ramona and her Father," in which Ramona tries to help her dad when he loses his job and starts smoking too much.

NEWBERY COLLECTION. Newbery medal winner, 1984. In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys.