Often left alone on their five-acre Mississippi farm by her traveling-salesman father, Ellen learns, through a terrifying experience, to distinguish between real and false fears.
Sam feels fearless compared to his friend Max, who is afraid of climbing trees and watching scary movies, until Sam learns firsthand that everyone is afraid of something.
A collection of short illustrated poems about various things that the imaginative reader might fear or worry about, including a mummy, a pirate, and giant ants.