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.

Bootsie Barker only wants to play games in which she bites, until one day her friend comes up with a better game.

"A cold needs a LOT of things. It needs a comfy bed by a window, warm socks, and plenty of Dad's goofy jokes. Sometimes a cold needs to be left alone. Sometimes it just needs a little time. As a little girl waits for her bad case of the sniffles to run its course, sporting a red nose that just won't seem to go away, she learns that sometimes a cold needs...what a cold needs."--

A young girl prepares for and participates in the wedding of her favorite aunt.

Bernie and Lisa get even with Bootsie Barker, who is terrorizing their ballet class.

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

Two best friends take on the other's opposite characteristics when they spend the night at each other's house.

All Lulu can think about is her solo role in her ballet recital, until she realizes that she has hurt her younger sister.

Rosa searches for things that will fill her room in her new home, but it feels empty until she discovers exactly what is missing.

Devoted to making lists about everything in his life, Wallace the mouse discovers the joys of spontaneity and adventure when he becomes friends with his neighbor Albert.