Beatrice wants to write the kind of letters that start with ?Dear Somebody，? but she only knows how to write letters like A B C T E R I E. Then her Nanny Hannah teaches her how to put the letters together to spell words， and Beatrice takes off on a spelling spree. She decides to start a Spelling Club at school， but no one signs up because spelling is B-O-R-I-N-G. In fact， the class decides to go on a spelling strike! Then Beatrice has a lulu of an idea and turns show-and-tell into show-and-spell starring her pet T-A-R-A-N-T-U-L-A?and soon， in this picture book by Cari Best， everyone has caught the spelling bug.，Young Beatrice becomes so enthusiastic about her developing writing skills that she organizes a spelling club at school that her classmates dismiss as boring until Beatrice formulates an exciting plan to bolster enthusiasm. By the creators of the award-winning Shrinking Violet.，Beatrice enjoys learning to spell， and gets really excited about it after some encouragement from her grandmother， but she has trouble convincing her classmates that spelling is not boring.