Barbara Bottner

A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process.

When Adelaide annoys Bailey, their entire preschool class gets upset, one child after another, until Zelda zaps Adelaide and a round of apologies begins.

"Priscilla is obsessed with gorillas. But when her ape-like behavior gets her sent to the Thinking Corner, Priscilla wonders if she is really channeling her inner gorilla, or just being a troublemaker" --

Lulu wants her birthday to be special and she does not want to share it with her baby sister, so she decides to spend it at the zoo with a gorilla who is also turning eight.

Archer is worried about Kevin, his missing turtle, but even after checking the yard and tidying his room, he cannot find Kevin until he learns to think like a turtle.

When a young boy goes to stay with his grandmother, who has twisted her ankle, he teaches her about baseball and she inspires him to enjoy playing the piano.

A child looks back on the day and drifts off to sleep, one body part at a time.

When Rosemary mistakenly thinks that everyone has forgotten her birthday, she sulks both at home and at school.