juvenile fiction

Charlie helps Lola get ready for bed, despite the tigers, whales, and other animals that serve as obstacles.

First-grader Freddy is exhausted because of nightmares until his friends and family give him suggestion on how to deal with them.

Big Brown Bear is visited by a rat who wants to use one of his slippers for a bed.

The Bailey School kids investigate to see if a frosty stranger who visits their town's winter festival is really the Abominable Snowman.

Izzy, raised in the mountains, has only one word to describe the people, buildings, cars, and other exciting things she sees in the big, bustling city.

When her owners have a party and nobody is watching, Sam, a puppy, eats a pizza meant for her owners' guests.

Judy, envious when a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, tries to find a way to become famous herself.

Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.

Moss and Trouble, an Algonquin boy and girl, struggle with the problems of growing up in the Massachusetts area during the time of the first Thanksgiving.

Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.