When a boy and his aunt find that a bigot has written something on the sidewalk outside the candy shop owned by a new immigrant from Taiwan, they set out to comfort the owner.

Ginger, a yellow tom-cat, and Pickles, a terrier, run a very popular general store but soon run into trouble because they give everyone unlimited credit.

Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

George and his parrot Pete are usually successful at guessing what their customers want until the day an unusual lady walks into their store.

During his visit to a new toystore, Curious George demonstrates that monkey business can be good for business.

A little girl describes what a day is like in her parents' Chinese store in Guatemala City.

When a rat moves into Benito's rainforest village store and chases away all the customers, he tries to find the perfect boa constrictor to get rid of the rat.

"A clever pup ends up in a cozy home, and she'll do anything to stay there. She impersonates everything the lonely homeowner needs--a pillow, a footstool, a jacket. But in the end, being herself works best"--

"Unbeknownst to their parents, twelve-year-olds Frankie and Walter spend the night in an IKEA store"--

In Including Alice, fifteen-year-old Alice finds it hard to adjust to the changes in her life when her father gets married and her brother moves to his own apartment. In Alice on her way, Alice is adjusting to her new stepmother, her brother's new apartment, her new boyfriend, and getting a driver's license. In Alice in the know, during the summer before junior year, Alice, while working at the local department store, must deal with a friend being...