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Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door - a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...

Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.

Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night and tells her they need to leave home immediately, and this time Granny intends for them never to return.

Desperate to keep her friend group together, Holly-Mei convinces them to compete as a team in an inter-school tournament across Hong Kong, but when she becomes obsessed with winning, she pushes them away.

Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.

Spring is here and the animal staff at the Heartwood Hotel are busy arranging a series of festivals and competitions to drum up business and to show its patrons that Heartwood is the greatest hotel in Fernwood Forest.

Harris, Roxy, and Zeke have one more adventure at a marvelous alien museum before heading back to Earth.

Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.

Edmond the Squirrel and George Owl spot a frightening Thing across the river and must summon the courage to learn more about it.

When their humans go on vacation, Sunny and Rosy go to grandma and grandpa's house, but after they are blamed for destroying grandma's garden the pugs must uncover the real culprit.