Francine the cat does not want to go to school, but she has a good day anyway.

Desmond is so skilled at disappearing that sometimes even his teacher cannot find him, but when he meets Gloria, a new student at school, his attitude slowly changes.

Relates the adventures of the animal residents of an apartment building on Sprout Street.

Greta's father is a professional photographer who is often away from home, but when he and Greta are together they share wonderful times. Includes activities.

A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true story; includes instructions for making a hollyhock doll.

Ike feels bad about not saying anything to neighborhood bully Dave when Dave insists on killing lightning bugs to separate their glowing parts from their bodies to make "lightning rings" for the other children's fingers.

A tired Ike stays up all night for four nights to warn his family of any approaching tornadoes.