Arthur makes a promise to D.W. that is almost impossible to keep!

Confused about all her emotions, Erica "Chia" Montenegro looks to her mood ring to figure out what she is feeling. She has not seen Blue for Peaceful in a long time, but she often sees Black for Stressful--especially since her mother's sickness keeps getting worse. Visiting a famous church, Erica makes a "promesa" to God to raise funds for research into her mother's condition, so long as God makes her mother better.

A little bear learns from his mother what it means to make and break a promise, as well as the lesson that some things in life simply cannot be promised.

Driven by an old regret from his life as a successful doctor and family man, Kamal Punja journeys to his mother's native Africa to keep a childhood promise and confronts his unresolved mixed racial identity.

"New York, 1922. Five-year-old Gavin Daly and his seven-year-old sister, Aileen, are boarding the SS Mauretania to Dublin--and safety. Their mother has been shot and their Irish mobster father abducted. Suddenly, a messenger hands Gavin a piece of paper on which are written four names and eleven numbers, a cryptic message that will haunt him all his life, and his father's pocket watch. As the ship sails, Gavin watches Manhattan fade into the dusk...

Mike and his dog Corky plan to be best friends forever, so when Corky becomes sick and dies, Mike is angry about the broken promise.

"Leslie Knope is running for class president! She campaigns all around Pawnee Elementary with her friends, Ann and Ben. In order to win over voters, though, Leslie starts to make some big promises...ones she's not sure she can keep. Will Leslie be able to keep her word and become the best president Pawnee Elementary has ever seen?"--Amazon.com.

"When Mallory wins Fashion Fran's design contest, she and Mary Ann are headed to New York City! But as they share the sights, sounds, and tastes of New York, there's just one problem. Only Mallory gets to appear on the Fashion Fran show, even though she pinky-swore with Mary Ann that they'd both go on. Can Mallory find a way to share the spotlight with her best friend before the pinky-swear she made ruins the trip of a lifetime--and their friendship?"--...

Chato and Novio win a cruise but are disappointed to find that everyone else on board is a dog, and things go from bad to worse when the dogs party themselves sick and it is up to the cats to find help.

Ten-year-old Kirsten regrets the promise she has made to a ragged boy she discovers alone near a wrecked covered wagon not far from her Minnesota home.