Simon always has a lot to say. And sometimes he can't stop talking, even in the middle of class. When Simon gets in trouble for jabbering at school, his best friends, Molly and Rosie, think up a plan to keep him from getting grounded at home! It involves cars, suds, and pink plastic flamingos! But will their big plan turn into an even bigger disaster?

Elmo is preparing for the first day of school.

When Posey's first-grade class gets a new student named Grace, Posey worries that her friends will like the new girl more than they like her, until Posey realizes just how lonely Grace must feel and discovers that Grace could be more than just the new girl, if Posey gives her the chance.

Peach continues to wreak havoc trying to escape, and Mimi suggests that maybe Peach is just in need of a playmate. So Amanda and her mom buy her a friend--Prince Edwin. Unfortunately, Prince Edwin is clumsy, ill-mannered, and a little crazy.

"Excuse me, Miss. A sign there said a Grizzled Grist is up ahead! Grizzled Grist? She flicks her wrist. The Grizzled Grist DOES NOT EXIST!"--Back cover.

"Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Petra has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Jide, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet. What...

"For the first time in years Eerie Elementary is planning a science fair, which may not be a good idea in a school which is alive and out to get the students--but when Sam and his friends find a book of experiments that contains all of Orson Eerie's notes, it may turn out to be the key they need to finally understand the mad scientist." -- Provided by publisher.