Story of how Albert Einstein, a great scientist and mathematician, helped a fifteen-year-old high school girl with a math problem.

The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak.

When a new owner takes over the garden where they have been growing a pumpkin, the neighborhood children find their Halloween plans for the pumpkin in jeopardy.

Illustrations are paired with over sixty anagrams of the English language.

Sally, Robert's green ribbon snake, accidentally gets loose so the hunt is on to find her before she needs to eat again.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of frogs, toads, lizards, and salamanders.

A trio of friends spend the winter of their second grade making snowballs and Valentine cards, going to a Christmas party, and fighting a bout with chicken pox.

Nearly thirty stories, poems, and non-fiction pieces by such notable authors as Natalie Babbitt, Marilyn Sachs, and Jane Yolen illustrated by the likes of Steven Kellogg and Susan Jeffers, demonstrate some of the environmental problems now plaguing our planet, e.g. overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.

Hildegard the opera singer gets a chance to be the star of the show and suddenly loses her voice.

The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse.