Young Katy Thatcher, the daughter of the town doctor, becomes friends with Jacob, a teenager who is "touched in the head," which allows her to understand what really happened when the unwanted infant of Jacob's sister is found dead.
Froggy hoped for a brother to play with so he is disappointed with his new baby sister, Pollywogilina, but only until she is old enough to start learning from her big brother.
When ten-year-old Adine's mother has a new baby, eccentric Aunt Irene comes to stay and shares Adine's bedroom--an event which requires a great deal of adjustment.
"Oh, your daddy was a baby once / And your mommy was a baby once ..." Characters in these nineteen diverse poems also include a soccer-playing Cinderella, snowmen who take holidays by the sea, dancing sausages, and three Unwise Men.
