conduct of life

While thinking about life as a race, a child wonders whether it is most important to finish first or to have fun along the way.

Minna does a lot of thinking about her project to do something kind, make a picture about what she did, and share it with her classmates, but finally comes up with an idea that spreads to the whole school.

Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort.

Dolores has agreed to stop "borrowing" things from her older sister Faye's dresser, but the temptation proves too great when she discovers a special Valentine's Day necklace there.

Muffy bets her Princess Peach watch that Francine cannot be nice for an entire week, but Francine's friends becomes concerned that being nice for too long could cause her to explode.

Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown up fourth grader.

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.

Fourth-grader Cassie learns a great deal about herself and the true meaning of friendship when a school assignment pairs her with the unpopular new girl instead of with her best friend.

Puzzled by a world of confrontation, competition, and aggression, Horatio the cat seeks a way to cultivate harmony.

Presents situations that demonstrate the meaning and importance of honesty.