A little girl meets a coyote on her way to visit her grandmother in a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" in English with some Spanish vocabulary words.
By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.
Little Bear does a good job of climbing rocks, bouncing on a tree branch, and crossing a stream, but Big Bear is always there to lend a helping hand when needed.
When Phyllis, the grandmother who has always taken care of her while her parents were at work, moves to Florida, eleven-year-old Libby finds it difficult to adjust to the changes in her daily life.
Sent to stay next door with the seemingly pleasant Aunt Sunday, eight-year-old Cora is tormented by Aunt Sunday's mean-spirited, deceitful daughter, but finds an ally in Aunt Sunday's elderly mother.
When the housekeeper quits while their parents are doing research in the Brazilian jungle, two teenage sisters and their ten-year-old brother decide to live on their own in the family's unrenovated Brooklyn brownstone.
