Collects artwork and poems about children playing out doors and activities like monkey in the middle and hanging upside-down on monkey bars.

"The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they're about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. "SQUASHY!" It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal...

Advice for young vampires who aspire to become ballet dancers.

Pretending to have a much more glamorous family life, eleven-year-old Isabella worries that her new friends at a prestigious private school will discover that she is a "big fibbing, faking phony."

Reveals the story of Fallingwater, from how Edgar Kaufmann introduced Frank Lloyd Wright to Bear Run, Pennsylvania, and how the natural beauty of the land influenced Wright's design.

When fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho learns that his mother is expecting a baby, he develops a sympathetic pregnancy--adding to his worry about the burglar who is targeting Concord, Massachusetts.

Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.

Benny is not pleased when his new baby sister, Delilah, arrives at his house.

A mother tells her own daughter what she was like and what she used to do when she was a little girl.

"Mama Seeton's simple and comforting whistle calls her family home, no matter how far away they may be"--