individuality

Although each of his parents expects him to be different things when he grows up, a little owl decides for himself what to be.

During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.

Each of a group of children is different in a special way--when eating or dressing, at play, while shopping, and in bedtime routines.

Little Rabbit follows Big Rabbit as he hops over puddles and rocks, until Little Rabbit discovers that things work better if he does it his own way.

Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.

Although he is a sheep, Johnny Mutton goes to school, competes in the spelling bee, dresses up for Halloween, and discovers his favorite sport, always remaining true to himself.

Much to the distress of his parents and classmates, the only way Gerald communicates is through boings, toots, and whistles.

When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a robot to show her school friends the joys of science, she ends up learning something from them instead.

A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.

Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.