fear

Worrying about his father losing his job and the bully at school, fourth-grader Felix has terrifying dreams of the same monster-filled place every night until he meets someone there who looks and sounds strangely familiar.

Provides scientific information about thirty-six of the most common fears, covering spiders, sharks, aliens, volcanoes, public speaking, lightning, flesh-eating bacteria, and other scary topics.

Olvina, a chicken in more ways than one, overcomes her fear of swimming with help from her friend Hailey, a penguin, while on vacation in Hawaii.

When Little Raccoon wanders off one day, she finds herself on her own, with all kinds of strange noises around her.

Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.

A little girl is comforted by her mother during a thunderstorm and she in turn comforts the family dog.

Herbie's friend Ray and some classmates in his fourth-grade reading group help him adjust when he moves into a new bedroom in the attic.

As the summer ends, six-year-old Garmann's three ancient aunts visit and they all talk about the things that scare them.

When fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho learns that his mother is expecting a baby, he develops a sympathetic pregnancy--adding to his worry about the burglar who is targeting Concord, Massachusetts.

A fearful, young vampire, who prefers candy to blood, bravely ventures into the human world on Halloween night to satisfy his sweet tooth.