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When a new neighbor moves in next door, Ernest's mother, who always insists that he obey all the rules, encourages them to play together every day.

A list of scary things includes "roller skating down hill when you haven't learned how to stop, getting hugged by somebody you don't like, and finding out your best friend has a best friend who isn't you."

All the elephant's friends give him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

George's father finally agrees to let him have a pet and that's when all the trouble begins.

"Bigelow is afraid of almost everything until he meets the tiny Mrs. Pimberly, who thinks he is a giant, and gives him some surprising advice"-- Provided by publisher.

A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure.

A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.

Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day, because unless she is weighed down by specially-made cloths, she will float away. Her days are made brighter when a kite-flying boy stops to say hello.

Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

Timothy Twinge, a fearful worrier, discovers his own bravery after meeting an unusual visitor.

Relates the misadventures of Marigold, who does not agree with anyone, as she shops with her mother for a coat, becomes interested in a new hobby, finds a way to "bug" her best friend Maxine, and imaginatively copes with finding the right outfit for the first day of school.

Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems, about monsters and their ilk.

On his birthday Treehorn finds a genie in a bottle and is granted the standard number of wishes.

For one brief day the leaves of the maple tree in Treehorn's backyard turn into dollar bills.

Reveals the inner world of a 13-year-old mentally handicapped girl.

A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure.