Introduction / by Betsy Bird
How to tell a joke / by Delaney Yeager and Mackenzie Yeager
In which young Raina learns a lesson / by Raina Telgemeier
Dear grandpa: give me money / by Alison DeCamp
Grandma in oil country: a true story / by Ursula Vernon
One hot mess / by Carmen Agra Deedy
Fleamail / by Deborah Underwood
A most serious recitation of the poem "Trees" / by Cece Bell
Things could be verse / Kelly DiPucchio
Swimming is for other kids / Akilah Hughes
Dear Bella and Rover / Deborah Underwood
Thumb incident / Meghan McCarthy
Desdemona and sparks go all in / Rita WIlliams-Garcia and Michelle Garcia
7 things I thought were (think are) funny but were really kind of sad, and that all happened to my little brother / Lisa Brown
Babysitting nightmare / Shannon Hale
Dear Bella and Rover (again) / Deborah Underwood
Can we talk about whiskers? / Jennifer L. 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 Inzer
A public service announcement about your period from Sarah T. Wrigley, Age 12 3/4 / Libba Bray
Smart girl's guide to the Chinese zodiac / Lenore Look
Bad luck dress / Charise Mericle Harper
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.