Macdonald, Maryann

As Hedgehog starts to make a cake, his friends stop by, one by one, and each has advice for the project.

Illustrations and simple text describe the many different ways to hug one another.

When Odette's father becomes a Nazi prisoner-of-war and the Paris police begin arresting Jews, her mother sends Odette to hide in the Catholic French countryside where she must keep many secrets to survive.

When Grandma takes Ben and little sister Charlotte to the beach, things just don't turn out right, but by the time the two build a sand castle, Ben and Charlotte are much happier.

Sam overcomes his anxieties by confessing them to his stuffed bear, who kindly agrees to take over the job of worrying about things at night.

When her mother chastises her for taking her little brother out on a blueberry-picking adventure, Rosie decides to run away.

Princess Josie wants a puppy for her eighth birthday, but first she must prove to the King and Queen that she can be responsible for its care.

There are six children in the O'Leary family, and when her Comics Club needs a place to meet, it seems as if Francie is the only one with no special place of her very own.

Francie finds life in her large family difficult sometimes and getting the dreaded Sister Ursula as her second grade teacher does not help, but making a new friend and working on the class play do.

Little Hippo is upset when he has to get glasses until he makes a surprising new friend who helps him accept his new look.