Sarah Weeks

Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

A young girl imagines how wild she could be if she were an animal.

All her life Aurora has heard stories about how wonderful and lucky Heidi is, and soon this paragon (now grown up and expecting a baby) will be visiting; but before she arrives part of their house is damaged in a fire, and worse, Aurora's beloved dog disappears--and while her parents have always believed in "soof" (Heidi's mom's word for love), Aurora, who has never really fit in with children her own age, will just have to find her own soof.

A young girl watches a parade from her bedroom window, then falls asleep and dreams that she has joined the procession.

While Catfish Kate and her friends are making sweet swamp music, Skink and his Skunktail boys are trying to read and they demand that the girls be quiet, but Kate finds a clever compromise.

Lizzy McTizzy is late for a party, but can't find her shoe. Lizzy looks everywhere for her shoe, but can't find it, and the party is starting. Join Lizzy as she learns that it is more important to be herself at the party than it is to have matching shoes.

Despite a language barrier, a dog and cat fall in love with the help of a buried trombone.

A youngster experiences the emotions of being the last to be picked up at school.