Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple

<b>Meet Bibsy Cross, the precocious eight-year-old heroine of this charming chapter book series, as she navigates a relationship with a teacher who thinks that Bibsy is just <i>too much.</i><br><br>A <i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR </b><br><br>Most things are easy-peasy, regular-pegular for Bibsy Cross. She loves her parents, her cat, her best friend, Natia. And she <i>loves </i>going to school. She might just love that most of all!<br><br>This year, Bibsy has Mrs. Stumper for a teacher... and Mrs. Stumper doesn''t seem too keen on Bibsy. She thinks Bibsy talks too much--especially about her science fair project. <br><br>But one day, when Bibsy talks a little <i>too </i>much, and goes a stone <i>too </i>far, Mrs. Stumper punishes her by punching a hole in her paper apple that hangs in the classroom. And Bibsy is devastated. <br><br>How can she make the best science fair project when she feels so rotten?