John's best friend tells everything he knows about John, the secrets they share, their likes and dislikes, and the fun they have as friends.

On a moonless, starless night, a young boy feels at one with the darkness, thinking about where he came from before he was born and where he will go after he dies.

Collects five short stories for children about the importance and rewards of friendship.

Records, in rhymed text and illustrations, the experiences of getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.

Two children find beauty and wonder in the park on a hot night.

A small boy enumerates for his sister the marvelous things he will do for her when he is grown up, such as bringing her coral from the bottom of the sea and building her the biggest bridge in the world.

A little girl asks if she may return home to visit when she grows up and no longer spills powder in the bathroom or knocks over the plants.

After she and her father take a walk and have a bedtime snack, a little girl is finally sleepy enough to go to bed.

Charlotte Zolotow's collection of five stories and poems focuses on the subjects young children care most about: love and family. Here are the quintessential experiences of childhood: a baby uttering his first words; a young girl taking a walk ...

When shy Thomas moves into a new house on a new street, he takes it into his head that the new people might not like him. But when Halloween rolls around and Thomas sets out in a tiger-rific costume, he realizes the real trick to enjoying the ...