"While Jenn is seeking Prudence, her big, sleek and shiny, black and white dog, she meets and falls in love with Roscoe, a scruffy little golden dog." --(Source of summary not specified)

A shy boy, seeking the courage to play baseball with the other children in a park, is coaxed out of his shell by some "old timers" sitting nearby who, in turn, discover they are still in the game.

A mother takes her son to the zoo to answer his science question.

"Janes and Danny are on a mission: to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wrights store. Only very, very, lucky people get both gumballs and the silver racer. It's a good thing one of James's quarter is a Canadian quarter, which just so happens to be very, very lucky. But is it lucky enough to get him that silver racer." -- Jacket.