With his music badge to earn by Christmas, Pee Wee Scout Sonny gets a severe case of stage fright when he must play the violin in Mrs. Peters' Christmas pageant.

JINGLE BELL ROCK Stars? The Scouts are having a holiday party to show off their musical talents. Molly plans to sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” And Rachel wants to perform Hanukkah songs on the piano. But not all the Scouts are ready for the concert. Sonny hates the violin so much, he’d rather run away from home than play it! He disappears, and the Pee Wees have to work together to find their friend. Can they bring Sonny home for the holidays?

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

Who's that kid with the wheels? Is he a visitor? No, he's Jody George, new Pee Wee Scout. Molly is worried. She can't think of anything to say to someone new. But she is more worried about earning her hobby badge. Mrs. Peters says extra-clever Pee Wees can combine their hobbies with the program the Scouts will perform for Grandparents Day. But every hobby Molly starts turns into disaster. Even the goldfish she bought to make goldfish babies won't cooperate. The hobby hunt is on!

Caring for the environment becomes the Pee Wees' main concern as they work to earn their Save-the-Earth badges.

It's wintertime. Time for the Pee Wees to head for the slopes--the bunny slopes. How do you start? How do you stop? The Pee Wees have lots of questions to ask about skiing. But the Pee Wees' biggest question comes when a snowstorm leaves them stranded in their van on the way home. Without food. Will they have to eat each other?