A beaver is so busy that be becomes careless about the trees he fells in the forest and how he completes his dams, until a trip to the hospital changes his outlook on his carelessness.

When a new substitute teacher comes to Bear Country School, the cubs learn that appearances can be deceiving.

A young girl learns to like herself every single day, no matter what.

Grandpa Toad teaches his grandson the secrets of survival, but Little Toad is the one who saves the day when a huge monster attacks them.

Second-grade witch Heidi Heckelbeck wants revenge against Melanie, the meanest girl in school, so she decides to cast a forgetting spell on her right before the start of the school play.

A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.

An old man named Socrates shows Danny that the best way of dealing with a bully is the way of the peaceful warrior, through courage and love.

When Mai feeds the caged birds at a Buddhist temple in Vietnam, her simple act of kindness starts a chain of thoughtful acts that ultimately comes back to her. Includes author's note explaining the Buddhist concepts of karma and samsara, or the wheel of life.