"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--

Sixteen-year-old Bridget Bloom has to find a new way to shine when she is challenged not to sing for an entire year by her prestigious Broadway-pipeline boarding school's dean.

A king who wishes for the golden touch is faced with its unfortunate consequences.

When the famous wrestler Forever Mountain tickles a plump little girl, the consequence is that he must be trained by her, her mother, and her grandmother.

Having discovered his natural talent for comedy at his school's end-of-semester talent show, Jake decides to pursue "his art," but can his comedian-mentor teach Jake humility as well as humor?

When her mother dies, Sylvia comes from England to live with her grandmother and aunts who expect to train her to American ways.