Lamar Public Library

It's time for school, but Mouse can't find his homework.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Arthur and Francine aren't speaking to each other, but Mr. Ratburn has paired them up for a homework project. They go to the library to do some research, and find themselves locked in after it closes. Can they set aside their differences and work together to find a way out?

A humorous story about the absurd excuses for not doing homework.

Violet has a great new backpack with wheels and zippers, but when the many pockets distract and cause her to misplace her homework she tells a lie to cover it up, so the teacher gives her an even harder assignment.