Illustrated by Amanda Harvey
Jacket art by Marla Frazee
Published, 2001, Simon and Schuster.
ISBN  0689838808 (pb); 0689839170 (hc)

When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast -- too fast! Why? Because Jake is kind of smart, and he's not a tattletale, and he doesn't have a big brother to protect him. He's a perfect bully-magnet.

Illustrated by Dolores Avendano
Jacket art by Marla Frazee
Published, 2001, Simon and Schuster.
ISBN 0689838816 (pb); 0689839189 (hc)

Jake Drake is excited about Despres Elementary School's first science fair. He wants to win the grand prize: a brand-new Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve Computer System. And he really wants to beat the third grade know-it-alls, Marsha McCall and Kevin Young. The trouble is, to beat the know-it-alls, Jake has to become a know-it-all himself. And he may just lose more than he wins.

Illustrated by Dolores Avendano
Jacket art by Marla Frazee
Published, 2001, Simon and Schuster.
ISBN 0689838824 (pb); 0613450728 (hc)

Jake remembers the terrible days in third grade when everbody thought he was the teachers' pet.

Illustrated by Dolores Avendano
Jacket art by Marla Frazee
Published, 2002, Simon and Schuster.
ISBN 0689839162 (pb); 0689839219 (hc)

Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in Jake's second-grade class, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a new mission in life: to be so funny that even Miss Bruce will laugh!