New Releases by Nancy E. Krulik

As the students at his school prepare for a talent show and class presentations about Hawaii, fourth-grader George tries hard to behave but his magic super burps keep getting him in trouble.

George Brown battles a skunk, has fun at the water park, and gets stuck in a tight spot at the science museum.

When fourth-grader George starts at a new school, he vows to become a model student instead of the class clown he has always been, but just as his plan is going really well, he is overtaken by a magic burp that turns him back into a mischief-maker.

While practicing her clarinet for the upcoming band concert, reluctantly agreeing to a new hairstyle, and competing with a rival fourth grade class in kite flying, Katie anxiously wonders when the magic wind will transform her into someone else. Includes kite flying tips.

As long-awaited fourth grade starts, Katie is overwhelmed when the magic wind causes her to switch twice--first into a new classmate and then into Mr. Starkey, the school band leader.

It''s April Fool''s Day in Miss Popper''s firstgrade class, and six-year-old Justine decides to play some pranks on her teacher and classmates. Once Justine starts playing jokes, though, she can''t stop. The pranking just keeps getting worse and worse. When Justine''s friends get tired of the constant pranks, they decide to play a joke of their own. But will Justine be able to handle a taste of her own medicine?

Third-grader Katie Carew feels torn between her two best friends, but after wishing she were someone else, she morphs into Lucille, the lunchroom lady, and experiences life from the other side of the counter, with unexpected results.

The webcast that Jenny and her friends have started is so popular that the Pops set up a competing webcast, and things deteriorate as each group of girls tries to be better than the other.

When the magic wind switches Katie into her mother just before a tap dancing audition, Katie panics, ruining her mother''s big chance to appear on television.

As Christmas approaches, Katie makes time to help others find the Christmas spirit as the magic wind first switches her with a Christmas tree farm employee, then with an unusual character at North Pole Winter Fun Park.

When school is closed because of a huge snowstorm, Jenny is stuck hanging out with her former friend Addie all day. Will Addie ruin the school ski trip for Jenny, too?

With this two-in-one Super Special, fans can get into the holiday spirit by following Katie''s latest misadventures, first at a Christmas tree farm, then at a Santa''s Workshop theme park. Illustrations.

"It''s the first day of first grade. The kids in Miss Popper''s class are excited. But not Carlos. He doesn''t want to go to first grade. Will he change his mind?"--P. [4] of cover.

When they hear that their teacher, Mr. G., is cutting off his ponytail and picking up a suit, the students jump to the wrong conclusion, until Katie finds out what is really happening when she turns into Mr. G.

Katie is an ordinary third-grader—except for one extraordinary problem! She accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself. Katie soon learns that wishes really do come true—and in the strangest way. In No Messin'' with My Lesson, Katie''s teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line. Book #11

While her class is studying reptiles, Katie, a vegetarian, refuses to feed worms to Slinky the snake, class 4A''s pet, but when the magic wind turns her into Slinky, Katie learns that some animals cannot survive on vegetables alone.

Katie is an ordinary third-grader—except for one extraordinary porblem! She accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself. Katie soon learns that wishes really do come true—and in the strangest way. When strict Mrs. Derkman moves next door to Katie, she scares Katie''s friends away and insists she keep her dog, Pepper, on a leash, will Katie finds a non-magical solution to the problem? Includes steps for teaching a dog to sit and stay.

Best friends Katie and Suzanne are both nominated for mayor of the fourth grade, and Suzanne wants to win so much that she starts spreading mean rumors, while Katie gets an inside look at the Cherrydale mayoral race.

Someone''s been leaving gifts and notes for Jenny. Who could it be? Meanwhile, Rachel and Felicia stop speaking following a basketball game in which Felicia calls Rachel a ball hog. Now both girls are trying to get their friends to choose sides! And to top it all off, Addie''s managed to turn a simple fundraiser into a popularity contest, and as sixth grade president, Jenny has to deal with her. Will Jenny unravel the mystery of her secret admirer? And more importantly, will her friends ever speak to one another again?

Third-grader Katie Carew gets into trouble for breaking school rules, but when she magically turns into the school''s principal and eliminates all rules, things get out of hand. Includes directions for playing Four Square, Statue Tag, and Poison.

Fourth-grader Katie secretly believes that her grandfather is too old to be her partner in the school Olympics until she trades places with him for a day--thanks to the magic wind.

Katie, who has never cooked a thing alone, switches into Louie the chef at a pizza parlor sponsoring a pizza-eating contest.

Chaos reigns when the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie into Dr. Sang the dentist, and she must examine the mouth of a fearful new patient.

In two stories, a magic wind changes Katie Carew into Olympic skating star Kerry Gaffigan, and then into Kerry''s boyfriend, a famous snowboarder who is in town to film a commercial.

Thanks to the magic wind, when the unassuming Miriam (instead of the smug Suzanne) gets the leading role in the school play, Katie soon finds herself on stage, trying to sing and remember her lines. Includes directions for making fingerprint doodles.

Joyce Kilmer Middle School is turned upside-down after the debut of a gossip column that has the power to turn friends into enemies.

Katie Carew''s third-grade class spends three days at Science Camp, where Katie magically changes places with the strict Head Counselor while on a hike and gets her group hopelessly lost.

After Katie goes to Suzanne''s all-girl sleepover party instead of riding the new rollercoaster with Jeremy, Jeremy and the other boys in their class declare that all girls have cooties, so Katie tries to ease hurt feelings.

Jenny and Addie are running for sixth grade class president.

Katie Carew wishes she could be anyone but herself, and turns into a hamster.