Freda wants to play with her friends, but they think she is too bossy. Includes questions about the text and a note to parents about encouraging courteous behavior.

Lily imagines her sadness as a hole, which is getting bigger and swallowing up her life--until a friend shows her how to patch her hole and make it managable.

Simple text provides advice on how to create the kind of life you want, no matter what kind of dog you are. Includes facts about the real dog, rescued by the author from a shelter, that inspired the story.

Willa lives on the upper West Side of Manhattan with her divorced father and her younger brother and attends fifth grade with her best friend Ruby, and she likes things to be a certain way, because it makes life manageable even with her Sensory Processing Disorder; she certainly does not like surprises, and her father has just thrown her a big one: he has been dating Ruby's mother, and suddenly Willa's life seems to be spiraling out of her control--and...

Ten-year-old Marcus plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream.

"Dad counsels Sam not to sweat the small stuff, and later Sam gives that counsel right back to his panicky dad. This is a story about a secret handshake, life's daily challenges, the wisdom of kids, and love triumphing over frustration."--

After a young boy asks for help in doing various things throughout the day, he expresses his gratitude to those who came to his aid.

An unnamed mother shares life lessons with her newborn child, encouraging them to follow their hopes and dreams and to not lose heart during challenging times.

Poor Little Pencil watches everyone else having fun until his new Forever Friends finally put him to work at the miraculous task of writing! Discover a delightful story introducing the pencil grip to young children. Free parent/teacher activity guide included. Little Pencil Finds Forever Friends is a marvelous little rhyming book that will make children (and their parents and teachers) aware of the correct pencil grip, as well as activities which...

A young girl realizes that, although there are many things to be afraid of in the world, such as a thunderstorm, there is even more to look forward to, such as the rainbow that will follow the storm.