"The setting: Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic. ... The stars: Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, John McCain, Ken Starr, and Monica Lewinsky. The supporting players: Warren Beatty, James Carville, Sharon Stone, Larry Flynt, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp, Matt Drudge, and Bob Packwood (with cameos by Richard Nixon and Farrah Fawcett, Eleanor Roosevelt and David Geffen, Robert Evans and Richard Gere). ......

Frustrating his fiendish parents with his desire to be kind and helpful instead of gruesome and ghastly, Filbert is banished from monster school when he behaves well in class and meets a mischievous dropout who also longs to be accepted.

Nine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl.

Spike the alligator and Mike the snowy egret are so eager to show two visiting jays what a great place Cypress Swamp is that they do things that they know they shouldn't.

In this Appalachian version of The Kind and the Unkind Girls, two sisters--Bess and Tess--are sent by their mother to draw water from the Well-at-the-End-of-the-World. Along the way they meet a bear, a mountain lion, a wild boar, and three little foxes. When Bess greets them with courtesy and respect, the foxes reward her kindness. Tess, greedy for her own bounty, can't be bothered with manners; she bonks the animals with her bucket, kicks them with...

Maisie is convinced that her life would be much better if she were as "perfect' as her much-admired classmate Kayla until, after working together on a school project, she realizes that Kayla's perfectionism is not as wonderful as it seems. Includes information for parents.