Herzig, Alison Cragin

The thesaurus stolen from their teacher alters the lives of eight fifth-graders in a special reading group.

Brooke worries about her little brother's mysterious fainting spells, which her parents will not explain, and has difficulty at first understanding his fondness for a pet bat named Lucifur.

When a mysterious masked man moves into the house next door, ten-year-old Casey and her friends, Cats and Benny, are determined to find out more about him.

Casey thinks the man who moved in next door to her is strange. She and her two friends decide to find out what he is up to, but their plan backfires.

Eccentric, fabled Great-Great-Uncle Thaddeus always makes his namesake's birthday special, but the seventh celebration is even more wonderful than usual.

When her older brother and his friends won't let her play on their baseball team, Emma comes up with a plan to convince them to change their minds.

A photo essay of a class in infant care given to fifth and sixth grade boys with the help of mothers and real babies.

Great Aunt Dawsie springs a surprise on ten-year-old Bridget who lives and works with her family at the Blue Moon Motel.

Three rough, tough bronco busters can't tame a little black pony, but a small, quiet cowboy talks to him and brings him water, and then quietly rides away with him.

Sam's parents agree to let him have a puppy if he will take care of it, but as the puppy grows into an enormous dog, Sam isn't certain that he can keep his end of the deal.