When Aldo Zelnick's painter grandmother gives him a sketchbook to use during summer vacation, he starts to fill it in with pictures and text, even though he thinks that being artsy is uncool at first, in a book featuring vocabulary starting with A.

Aldo, a ten-year old begins the fifth grade with his sketchbook.

Embarrassed about a hole in her pants, creative and resourceful Paula covers it with a patch, and discovers her classmates also have leaky, stained, and hand-me-down items that could benefit from a colorful patch.

"Ten-year-old Aldo has decided it's OK to be a little artsy-fartsy. So when his grandma Goosy gives Aldo a second sketchbook, he fills it with more hand-drawn comics, rock-candy B words, and accounts of his everyday adventures." -- publisher's website.

Mud Pie Annie is a spunky little girl with an exceptional talent for cooking with flair, creating her concoctions with mud, dirt, and a lot of pride and care.

Aldo Zelnick lays plans to receive more Christmas gifts than ever before and is very surprised on Christmas day by his plan's outcome, recording it all in his illustrated journal.

As their makerspace project the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city: there are houses, a school, a church, even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build--until inspiration strikes.

In a time and place of economic hardship and strict teachers, Lena, who wants to dance more than anything else, must devise a creative solution for the recital costume she needs. Includes note about the author's experiences growing up in Romania.

With all the endless, creative fun a child can have with a rock, the best thing one can do with one is to share it with a friend. Includes facts about rocks and rock collecting.

"This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help her learn that perfect scores and having all the answers aren't the only ingredients for intelligence?"--Goodreads.com.