individuality

A Chinese American girl torn between her family's traditional values and the more modern ones in her second grade classroom learns that friendship cannot be bought.

Lucy decides to help Ralph when he is in trouble, despite the fact that he teases her for being different.

Cornelius, a crocodile who walks upright, tries to do things no crocodile has ever done before.

A baby, born five minutes late, grows up being five minutes behind for everything until he meets his own true love and discovers he's right on time after all.

Arthur, a dog in a pet store waiting to be adopted, takes on the identities of other animals he thinks might be more appealing, until discovering that he can be a success as himself.

A six-year-old boy describes the things he liked when he was five and compares them to the things he likes now.

Despite the admonitions of his friends, a straight line enjoys expressing himself by twirling in whirls, pointing his joints, and creeping in heaps.

A wingless little bug with no name wants to be a bumblebee and begins to search for a pair of wings.

A girl celebrates her own individuality, from her freckles to her wiggles.

Follows Milo from fifth grade, when his mother and philosopher father get divorced, through tenth grade, when his mother has married a wealthy businessman and Milo is still a bit of a loner, looking for the meaning of life.