Hines, Anna Grossnickle

While hoping that her divorced father will come from California to help celebrate her tenth birthday with her mother and brother, Cassie reluctantly agrees to boy-crazy Stacy's suggestion to have an additional party that includes boys and dancing.

Bethany makes a new friend while trading pretend lemonade for a pretend kitten.

Sam's older brother Mike keeps fooling him, but Sam thinks of a way to turn the tables.

A mouse tries on many kinds of hats and becomes a firefighter, gardener, chef, tea-party hostess, and space traveler.

A child is delighted to walk in the rain, feeling and tasting the raindrops, despite the mother's initial objections.

A boy tells his baby sister all the things he will show her as she grows, from snow and bouncing high to making faces and blowing out candles.

Uncle Jack loves to tease the kids with scary mean faces and growly mean noises, but one day his nieces and nephews turn the tables on him.

Albert and his grandma have a special long-distance relationship, but when she comes to visit, it takes him a little while to overcome his shyness.

Trying to get Mama to fix a broken doll takes a lot of persistence from Sarah.

Sara doesn't remember her daddy who went away, but her older sister Beth does and misses him sometimes, but both of them accept Mom's new husband Gary and call him Papa.