Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.

In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.

Two friends tell what they like about each other - even the bad things.

Two boys create a lot of havoc while waiting for their parents to get up on Sunday morning.

Forty-one poems reveal a variety of secret thoughts, worries, and wishes.

On the day of the talent show, a boy is ready to sing his song, and he isn't one bit scared because he has practiced a billion times, plus he's wearing his lucky blue boots and his pants with all ten pockets. But as all of the other kids perform before him, he gets more and more nervous.

Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

"Lulu is sent to Camp Sisterhood to learn how to be a big sister, but she makes it her mission to be the worst sister-in-training in camp history"--