Newman, Lesl?a

In a series of diary entries, thirteen-year-old Judi recounts her struggles to lose weight, hide her bulimia from her mother, find a boy friend, and decide on a profession.

Ruthie's Nana suggests playing tea party and fashion show during their visit, but Ruthie is much more interested in the vehicles that a neighbor boy is playing with as they pass his house each day.

Young Selena, who would rather twirl than walk, begins to study ballet and, after years of practice and a great deal of encouragement from Miss Tutu, finally makes her stage debut.

At night when Mrs. Brown begins to snore, her sixty cats have fun galore.

The animals in the forest are playing hide-and-seek, but none of them can find Bear anywhere.

Eleanor and her grandmother make matzo balls in preparation for the Passover meal.

Zoe's favorite uncle, Leonard, takes her to a planetarium and explains that if he dies he will be like the stars, too far away to touch, but close enough to see.

A story told in cumulative text in which a little girl's home gets increasingly full and busy as the days of Chanukah progress.

A young boy deals with the loss of his beloved cat Charlie, eventually accepting the arrival of another, very different cat.

Felicia wants to hear her favorite story before she falls asleep, so her parents tell her how she was adopted by Mama Nessa and Mama Linda.