It is Valentine's Day and Rotten Ralph, a very, very nasty cat, is up to his rotten tricks.

A child explains how he and the Earth dance and sing together and take turns listening to each other.

Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.

A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.

The experiences of two young Jewish girls and their mother, living on a farm in the Czechoslovak Republic after World War I, while waiting for their father to send them money to join him in America.

The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.

A young lemming is haunted by doubts about the purpose of the great march westward to the sea.

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California. In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes -- love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart,...

Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

Paulie Allen Puffer said there's a drooling monster under Junie B.'s bed. It creeps onto her pillow at night and practices putting her head in its mouth. Thanks Paulie! Now poor Junie B. is having her worst-est night ever!