How to tell a joke / Delaney Yeager and Mackenzie Yeager --
In which young Raina learns a lesson / Raina Telgemeier --
Dear grandpa: give me money / Alison DeCamp --
Grandma in oil country: a true story / Ursula Vernon --
One hot mess / Carmen Agra Deedy --
Fleamail / Deborah Underwood --
A most serious recitation of the poem "Trees" / Cece Bell --
Things could be verse / Kelly DiPucchio --
Swimming is for other kids / Akilah Hughes --
Dear Bella and Rover / Deborah Underwood --
The thumb incident / Meghan McCarthy --
Desdemona and Sparks go all in / Rita Williams-Garcia and Michelle Garcia --
7 things I throught were (think are) funny but were really kind of sad, and that all happened to my little brother / Lisa Brown --
Babysitting nightmare / Shannon Hale --
Dar Bella and Rover (again) / Deborah Underwood --
Can we talk about whiskers? / Jennifer L. Holm, art by Matthew Holm --
Brown girl pop quiz: all of the above / Mitali Perkins --
Over and out / Lisa Graff --
Fleamail pawed-cast / Deborah Underwood --
How to play imaginary games / Leila Sales --
Great expectations / Christine Mari Unzer --
A public service announcement about your period from Sarah T. Wrigly, age 12 3/4 / Libba Bray --
The smart girl's guide to the Chinese zodiac / Lenore Look --
Bad luck dress / Charise Mericle Harper --
The world's most awkward mermaid / Sophie Blackall --
Tell your future with Mad Libs --
My life being funny (and how you can do it, too) / Adrianne Chalepah.