Christine Davenier

Follows the ballerinas from Miss Lina's school as they begin their day with ballet class and then dance their way to school and back home again.

Having learned to dance as a group and with a boy, the ballerinas at Miss Lina's school face their biggest challenge yet in a production of Sleeping Beauty, which is complicated by Regina's disappointment about her role.

I am the only ME I AM who qualifies as me; no ME I AM has been before, and none will ever be. Three very different children reveal their individual personalities in a series of visual mini-adventures. Readers meet a mischievous tomboy who would rather roller-skate than wear a frilly dress, an inquisitive nature-loving boy, and an artistic ballerina who puts her own spin on Swan Lake. Finally, in a wild and funny climax, the three collide - only...

When Iris's grandfather comes to her school as a substitute teacher, she has a hard time sharing him with the other students.

When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one.

At Walter's birthday party his guests are supposed to go for horseback rides, but his horse Rain has other plans on the day of the party.

A young girl celebrates the name that was chosen just for her.

Fifth-grader Piper and her sisters are thrilled about their first-ever camping trip until they learn it will be at Halloween, but other Navy families join them, including an annoying new member of the Gypsy Club.

Snack is a very happy puppy when Mrs. Portly adopts him but when persnickety Mr. Portly returns from a fishing trip, he banishes Snack to a doghouse until their mutual love of art, and a thief, bring them together.

Piper's dad -a Navy Chief- might be gone again, but Piper's got plenty to keep her busy at home : new neighbors, a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and, most important, the upcoming Gypsy Club petshow. Piper is determined to win, but teaching tricks to her dog seems nearly impossible. Bruma is simply unteachable.