Manushkin, Fran

There is an elegant substitute teacher in class today, but Katie's attempts to impress her keep going wrong.

When Katie's mother feels unwell on the day before Mother's Day, Katie wants to do everything she can think of to help her mother get well--but she forgot to get a present.

Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.

While shopping with her parents in a mall, Katie helps a lost boy, not realizing that she may be lost, too.

Everyone knows that the best day of the year is your birthday. I wanted to make sure that my whole class had fun on my birthday.

When Katie Woo and her friends go to the beach, Katie is so rude and bossy that her friends do not want to play with her.

Katie's class puts on the play The Princess and the Frog.

When Jake loses his brand new airplane toy, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.

Katie Woo learns different ways to cope with the death of her dog.

When Pedro keeps "losing" his eyeglasses, Katie shows him why it is alright - and necessary - to wear them.