"Rat's knees!" said Molly Duff. "School starts tomorrow." Luckily, the Pee Wee Scouts have a meeting the next day. That's when they find out about the big surprise ahead. At the Pee Wee weenie roast, their Scout leader, Mrs. Peters, tells them about a football game coming up. A Pee Wee football game. "We're going to play against Troop 15 from Oakdale," she says. "Yeah!" cheers Roger White. "We'll win!" Every day, under blue skies, the Pee Wees practice hard. Rachel cheers. Roger tries. But Sonny just wants french fries. Team spirit is what it takes. Can Troop 23 win the big game?

"Rat's knees!" said Molly Duff. "School starts tomorrow." Luckily, the Pee Wee Scouts have a meeting the next day. That's when they find out about the big surprise ahead. At the Pee Wee weenie roast, their Scout leader, Mrs. Peters, tells them about a football game coming up. A Pee Wee football game. "We're going to play against Troop 15 from Oakdale," she says. "Yeah!" cheers Roger White. "We'll win!" Every day, under blue skies, the Pee Wees practice hard. Rachel cheers. Roger tries. But Sonny just wants french fries. Team spirit is what it takes. Can Troop 23 win the big game?

The big weenie roast and football game between Pee Wee Scout Troops 23 and 15 may not be so great if the members of Troop 23 can't find some team spirit

Fall brings excitement for the Pee Wee Scouts as they have a big picnic and plan for their upcoming football game.

Everyone in the Pee Wee Scouts wants to win a trip to Camp Blast Off, the super-cool summer camp where kids learn what it's like to be an astronaut. But there's only room for one scout from each troop in the country. So the Pee Wee Scouts set out to make the best project about the planets and the solar system: Roger is building model meteors and stars with light bulbs, Rachel is stirring up a recipe for freeze-dried peanut butter. Find out what Molly and Mary Beth are working on--maybe the most exciting project of all!

It's a special Christmas for the Pee Wee Scouts--Mrs. Peters is about to have a baby!

Molly Duff watches the clock on the classroom wall--tick, tick, tick. Nearly three o'clock. Time for Pee Wee Scouts! Troop 23 runs out of the classroom and down the stairs--clop, clop, clop. Tuesday is their meeting day. Molly can't wait. Today Mrs. Peters, their troop leader, will show them how to bake cookies to earn a cookie badage. And next week is the big Skating Party! But Molly has never baked or skated before. A cookie badge or a skating badge. Will Molly earn a badge at all?

Spread some Christmas cheer with Nate the Great in this holiday adventure! Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre, perfect for the Common Core. Kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Annie's dog is unhappy. When Fang is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. Especially Nate the Great. So Nate agrees to sniff out Fang's mysteriously missing Christmas mail. It's cold and snowy. But Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, will try to solve this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy, munchy Christmas. Check out the Fun Activities section in the back of the book! “They don’t come any cooler than Nate the Great.” —The Huffington Post

Molly has to overcome her fear of water to earn her Pee Wee Scout swimming badge.