Bach, Alice

When Oliver becomes a pupil of Millicent, a circus bear, his brother Ronald decides to secretly teach himself the same tricks.

When his stepfather leaves home, Tim must cope with his loneliness and learn to deepen his relationships with those still close to him.

Examines the medical treatment of a 17-year-old cancer patient and the emotional reactions of the patient, her family, and her friends.

Always very dependent on her family, a young girl senses her familiar world changing when her seemingly indestructible grandmother becomes ill.

Sixteen-year-old Hallie's romantic idealization of her minister leads her to volunteer work with the poor of New York City and some disillusioning encounters with reality.

The smartest bear in the world makes a winner out of a loser weasel.

Ten-year-old Mike feels his dream of becoming a star athlete threatened by his older and younger sister. Then he is befriended by a competitive all-around athlete who changes his life.

A retelling of Old Testament stories focusing on women including Naomi and Ruth, Miriam, Hagar, Judith, Esther, and others.

A little girl tries to cope with the let-down feeling of the day after Christmas.

Ronald and Oliver, the bear twins, go camping with Aunt Bear and learn how to get along with nature and each other.