While attending his first "night party" to celebrate Great-Gran Sadie's 100th birthday, Robert's manners disappoint family members and relatives but please the guest of honor, who loves his dance steps.

Zulay is a blind girl who longs to be able to run in the race on field and track day at her school.

"A boy turns a cardboard box into a car and imagines what it would be like to take his mama for a drive all around town"--

Eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns lives with her domineering mother, Hurricane Anna, and loving Grandmother. One day she unexpectedly discovers that her beloved father isn't in Absentia as her family would have her believe, but dead. And she understands all too well why they haven't told her; she's always been shy and quiet, and Anna has always been protective of her. But if Shirley doesn't start speaking up, she isn't going to be able to do the...

Stories include: Stick and Stone; Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners; Shrinking Violet; and Crazy Hair Day. In Stick and stone, When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a pinecone, the pair become fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? In Do unto Otters, When the Otters move in next door to Mr. Rabbit, the animals do not know how to act. Then Mr. Owl advises them to "Do unto Otters!" In Shrinking Violet,...