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When Koko, Katie's new white puppy, is scared by a noisy truck and runs away, Katie and Pedro try to track her down in the snow, following several false leads until they finally see Koko.

In these four previously published stories, Katie Woo has her first ride in an airplane, her first horse ride, and enjoys other new adventures.

Pedro runs for class president against his friend Katie Woo.

"What makes Pedro a first-class friend? One, he will bravely search out the classroom stink. Two, he loves driving monster trucks. Three, not even a broken arm keeps him from playing. Anmd four, he's even a friend to his little brother! Read his latest adventrues in the early chapter book from author Fran Manushkin and join the fun!"--from back cover.

Katie, Pedro, and their mothers are going canoeing, but when the two canoes get separated Pedro gets worried that something has happened to his friend.

Katie's friends have come for a sleepover, and telling a scary story seems like a good idea--until she has a dream about a monster under her bed, and she wakes up to find her lucky kimono missing.

Pedro forms a new club with his friends dedicated to solving mysteries--and the first two assignments are finding his mother's locket, and his father's cell phone.

After learning about mummies in class, Katie decides to make one of her own, but when it suddenly goes missing, Katie and Pedro start following clues that they hope will lead them to the missing mummy.

"Pedro tiene la mejor tarea para la escuela: coleccionar insectos y elegir uno sobre el cual escribir. Llena un frasco con cada hormiga, catarina y escarabajo que encuentra. Pero se desata el caos cuando su hermano, Paco, ¡los deja escapar a todos!"--Page 4 of cover. Pedro collects a lot of different bugs for a class assignment, but when his brother lets them out in the house their parents are furious, and ban any further collecting.

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.