Alex has just moved and joined a new soccer team, where she is expected to play a different position; when her error leads to the team's first loss she has to learn to put aside her pride and put the team first.

Includes three humorous stories in verse, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag, followed by commentary and end notes, reproductions of illustrations from other Dr. Seuss books, and two poems, "The Ruckus" and "The Kindly Snather."

"Brother and Sister Bear both like to be the best--the best soccer player, the best student, the best artist. But when Gramps overhears the cubs bickering about who can see the most unusual cloud formations he puts a stop to the arguing. Begin proud of a special talent from God is one thing, but bragging about it is foolish." -- Page [4] cover.

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

A vainglorious wolf struts through the forest, bragging about his looks to familiar fairy tale characters, until a small dragon brings him back down to earth.

Billy Batson's new new strength and stamina as superhero Shazam should make it easy for him to join the football team, but his ego may get in the way of success.

Mr. Bundy in underwear? He's the best dressed principal anyone has ever seen. But when he shows up to school in his undies, no one can believe their eyes! "Whoa?" How did their principal forget to wear clothes? One thing all the kids at PS 88 know for sure is their favorite principal is never far from zany (mis)adventures.

An emperor who cares about nothing but clothes is tricked by two tailors into parading around town in the nude.

Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as...

When riots erupt in downtown Washington, D.C., only Wonder Woman can stop them, but as she controls the crazy crowd, the super hero is caught off guard by an even bigger problem--Devastation, the shape-shifting super-villain, who is out to destroy Wonder Woman once and for all.