Fran Manushkin

Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars. "En la escuela, Pedro ha estado leyendo libros sobre el planeta Marte. Cuando llega a casa, imagina caomo seraia vivir en el planeta rojo. ¿Podraia escalar la superficie rocosa de Marte? ¿Sobreviviraia sin helado? ¿Seraa que su gran imaginaciaon lo llevea quedarse en Marte o decidiraa que prefiere vivir en el planeta Tierra?"--

A collection of four separately published stories featuring Pedro, Katie Woo's classmate and friend.

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

Pedro would love to be the goalie in the team's first game, but another boy is bigger--so all his friends come over to help him practice before the tryout.

Katie's class is building model volcanoes, but when most of the ingredients end up on Katie, she blows her top.

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.

Combines four previously published stories about Katie Woo and her friends, including "Boss of the World,"' "The Tricky Tooth," "Goodbye to Goldie," and "Katie Goes Camping."

On a hike with the Super Scouts, Katie is paired up with a girl she does not know who seems much better at scouting then Katie is, but eventually Katie finds that she has discovered a new friend.

In these four previously published stories, Katie celebrates Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving with her friends.

Katie is the only one in her class who has not lost a tooth, but despite all of her efforts, her wiggly tooth refuses to come out.