Amanda Pig and her family and friends try to find different ways to beat the heat.

Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's fourth grade class.

The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.

Nola Sutton has always been friends with the Swift boys, Cannaan, Brian, and Kevin, but when their father leaves them without saying good-bye the boys start to change, and her long-time friends begin to pull away from her at a time when she needs them more than ever.

While finding new vegetable names to call her little brother, eight-year-old Clementine hatches a plan to prevent her beloved teacher from being selected to go on a once-in-a-lifetime research trip to Egypt. Clementine has to figure a way to keep her teacher, Mr. D'Matz, from going to Egypt.

Rhyming text and illustrations explore the ways people, animals, and even objects can form families.

Sid the sloth finds some dinosaur eggs, and when the eggs hatch, the baby dinosaurs mistake him for their mother.

A big storm is approaching, and Katie, her parents, and all her neighbors head to the grocery store to stock up on necessities--and Katie gets a lesson in smart shopping.

"Annie's family never has time for her...until one day, they all get stuck together"--

A bicultural child describes her visits to her grandma's house and her abuela's house, and how both sides of the family come together to celebrate her younger brother's birthday.