Through rhythmic text, a parent reflects on the options and opportunities possible in a beloved child's future.

Although he finally agrees that he has too many toys and needs to give them away, there is one toy that Spencer absolutely cannot part with.

Anna is unhappy when her tired mother says no to all of her after-school plans but after an evening of letting only Daddy do things for her, Anna cannot go to sleep until she and Mama make up.

A child describes every event that occurs on a Wednesday, from waking up while it is still dark out and deciding it is not a kissing day, through a half-day of school, to snuggling into bed at night.

A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.

Petunia decides to stop being a human child and start living the life of a wild animal, much to her parents' displeasure.

Horace, an adopted child, realizes that being part of a family depends on how you feel and not how you look.

Amelia will stop at nothing to convince her parents to let her adopt a very special dog.