Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting.

Stella's little brother Sam wonders whether fairies are invisible. Stella assures him that she has seen hundreds of them and that if she and Sam venture across the meadow and into the forest, they are likely to find some. So begins another adventure in the Stella and Sam series about the irrepressible red-head, and her slightly apprehensive little brother.

Freddy hates being the middle one in the family until he gets a part in the school play.

A boy has a hard time playing with his friend because his baby sister is hanging around yelling, "No," about everything they try to do.

Peter wants to run away from home when his baby sister arrives, but soon learns something very important about growing up.

Ethan tries to help his toddler sister find her own bedtime monster.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

"Takes readers through a day in the life of a middle kid, and all the challenges and advantages of a life in-between"--

Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve.