Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently.

A fourteen-year old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers.

Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.

Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently. Eight-year-old Annie lives in a sunny apartment in Manhattan with her father, Professor Rossi. Life would be pretty good if only Annie didn't so achingly miss her mother. When Mrs. Rossi died suddenly, she left not only Annie but also a class full of students - who pour out their hearts in a scrapbook Annie will...

Judy Moody has a long list of wishes for Christmas this year, but sibling Stink wants only one thing, and from pretending to be a snowflake in his school play to believing in help from Jack Frost, he hopes to get his wish.

"Jasmine worries that she will be the only one with no talent to share in the school talent show until her mother brings out her taiko drum"--OCLC.