Pedro is excited for his class's trip to the aquarium, but when he gets separated from the others near the shark tank, he gets frightened and starts running to and fro--until he takes a hint from the shark to stop going in circles.

Despite his father's reassurances, Pedro is frightened by the monsters in his dreams--until he finds a way to use his love of monster trucks to defeat his dream monsters.

"¡Arrr! Es el Día del Pirata en la escuela. Pedro y sus compañeras se divierten tanto fingiendo ser piratas en la escuela que siguen el juego en casa. ¿Cuál es el único problema? Todos quieren ser el capitán del barco."--Page 4 of cover. On Pirate Day at school, all the children dress up as pirates, and Pedro and his friends, Katie and JoJo, continue the theme in their clubhouse after school--but they all want to be the pirate captain.

"La clase de Pedro está construyendo una torre de vasos de cartón para ver quien puede hacer la torre más alta. A Pedro le encanta construir, pero tiene un gran problema. ¡Roddy, el Alborotador, esta en su equipo! ¿Podrán Pedro y Roddy aprender a trabjar juntos?"--Page 4 of cover. Miss Winkle separates the class into teams and instructs them to build towers out of paper cups, and the group who builds the tallest tower wins--but they have very...

Thirteen-year-old Newt Gomez must confront his fears and accept uncertainty while coping with aftereffects of a bear attack and deciding between attending middle school on the mainland or his Pacific Northwest island home.