A visiting author teaches five friends about the power of words and writing.

"During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks"--

Lisa wants to write to the bakery. But she is afraid the baker will not listen! Can Corduroy help Lisa speak up?

Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.

Little Plane learns to write by practicing his skywriting.

"Despite living far away from her grandmother, a little girl finds a way to give her a special kind of hug with help from the Hug Delivery Specialist"--

"In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world"--Title verso page.

A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...

When Katie and her friends write thank-you letters to a class visitor, Katie learns that writing letters can be fun.

When Katie and her family go on a trip, she decides to write a story for her friends to show how much she misses them.