Here's Hank Books in Order

In Hank's class, a famous children's author is a bigger deal than any movie star, and Hank is chosen to help host her visit. Embarrassed that he has never actually finished one of her books, he invents his own version of the story, then has to face what happens when the truth comes out.

Hank signs up for the school Build-a-Robot contest, then promptly forgets about it until two days before the deadline. With help from quiet robotics whiz Jaden, he throws together a quirky bot named Stanley, only to watch it go berserk in front of the whole school.

Year after year, Hank has watched the second-grade basketball game from the bench, convinced he will only mess things up. When his friends help him practice and his dad dusts off his old hoops skills, Hank has to decide whether to risk the court and surprise everyone, including himself.

On Take Your Child to Work Day, Hank joins his mum at the Crunchy Pickle deli and discovers that building sandwiches under pressure is harder than it looks. After one disastrous order, he gets a final chance to prove himself before a giant catering job goes very wrong.

Hank's ultra-polished cousin Judith Ann comes to stay while competing on a kids' cooking show, turning the Zipzer kitchen into a war zone. When Hank enters the contest too, he discovers that behind all the fancy recipes they might have more in common than either expected.

A family camping trip is supposed to give Hank lots of ideas for his class nature poem, but nothing goes to plan. Rain, fog and creepy noises turn the night into a mess, until Hank finds a way to keep everyone laughing and finally discovers the right words.

A scary movie night with his friends seems like the perfect way to get ready for Halloween, until the film totally freaks Hank out. Soon he sees zombies in every creak and shadow, and he has to sort real life from imagination before fear takes over.

On a class trip to the zoo, Hank gets separated from his partner and ends up locked inside the habitat of Elsie, a lonely rescue elephant. As they begin an unlikely soccer game, Hank realises his new friend needs help finding a real herd, not just human visitors.

When Hank is chosen to take Principal Love's pet frog home for the weekend, it feels like a huge honor. The excitement vanishes when the frog escapes, sending Hank and his friends on a frantic search through a house full of rubber snakes, costumes and nervous parents.

When Hank is picked to care for the class frog over the weekend, he imagines being a science hero. One forgotten tank lid later, the frog disappears into the apartment building, and Hank leads a slapstick hunt before Principal Love finds out.

Hank wants the starring role of Aqua Fly in the second-grade class play, but stage fright and memorizing lines trip him up. Cast instead as a silent bookmark, he feels invisible, until an onstage disaster gives him the chance to save the show.

Hank finally convinces his dad to adopt a dog and falls instantly for a tiny dachshund who spins in circles like a cereal ring. When Cheerio escapes in the park, Hank must track him down and prove he can handle the responsibility of a best-friend pet.