The Candy Corn Contest (The Kids of the Polk Street School)
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking  about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact  number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets  to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a  library book for each guess.Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of  him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, "  he says. But Richard won't give up. He can already taste those Candy  Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones.What  will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?