Dragonwagon, Crescent

In discussing her mother's death with her father, eleven-year-old Sarah comes to see that in endings there are new beginnings, that in winter there is the promise of spring, and that everything comes full circle.

A mother comforts a child about her special fears concerning dogs, thunder, snakes, and other things.

Rosie speculates about what her life would be like if she ever met her half-sister Diana.

A bat flies into a lakeside hotel restaurant, and while most of the diners fly into an uproar, only a quiet girl named Melissa thinks of how the bat is feeling.

A collection of animals celebrate the months of the year, one by one, in poetry.

A little girl discovers that although her parents are divorced, it in no way changes their love for her.

The summer night is full of wonderful sounds and scents as Susan falls asleep.

Describes how different people react to days of rain and days of hot sun.

Relates what happens on a hot day in the Ozarks when the heat makes everyone itch.

While out hiking, a family comes upon the site of an old house and finds some clues about the people that once lived there.