Girard, Linda Walvoord

Describes the life and varied scientific work of the first man to track a comet's path and accurately predict its return.

Describes the life of a tiny baby in his safe, warm, floating place during the nine months before he is born.

Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption day a family holiday. Includes factual information about the adoption process.

Story of the young slave who taught himself to read and write, escaped North to freedom, and later became one of the most important black leaders.

Nine-year-old Benjamin Koo Andrews, adopted from Korea as an infant, describes what it's like to grow up adopted from another country.

Alex, a fourth grader with AIDS, makes a new friend and learns that although he is sick, he can't misbehave in school.

Although her parents' divorce causes her to feel anger, concern, and sadness, Katie discovers that she can keep a loving relationship with her father even though he lives apart from her.

Explains how to deal with strangers in public places, on the telephone, and in cars, emphasizing situations in which the best thing to do is run away or talk to another adult.

A mother-child conversation introduces the topic of sexual abuse and ways to keep one's body private.