Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure. While learning to survive, she discovers the courage to find her way back home and take her place among the other chickens.

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

When Buster defeats the Brain in a math contest, he is chosen for the school mathathon. Crushed, the Brain says he's decided to become a comedian and declares Buster the new "brain."

Feeling that he is not ready to start monster kindergarten, Patrick practices roaring, sneaking up on people, and baring his teeth despite his parents' reassurances that he need only be himself in school.

"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...

Publisher Annotation: Dear Girl, is a remarkable love letter written for the special girl in your life. Through Amy and Paris's charming text and Holly Hatam's stunning illustrations, any girl reading this book will feel that she's perfect-whether she enjoys jumping in a muddy puddle, has a face full of freckles, or dances on table tops. This book encourages girls to always be themselves and to love who they are-inside and out.

Chased away by the other cavemen because he is different, Stanley finds a new and better way of living.

Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.

Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.

While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.