Barbara Joosse

Sailor Old Robert lives a solitary existence until some performing cats come into his life.

While celebrating the Days of the Dead, a young Mexican girl remembers her wonderful grandmother who sang songs, made tortillas, chased monsters away, and loved butterflies.

Five-year-old Ross is ofter told "wait until you are six, " but when he carries a banner to the end of a long, hot Fourth of July parade, his parents decide that he is old enough for sparklers after all.

An annual family reunion involving berry-picking and jam-making reminds Ben that he is part of a big, noisy family of grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts.

Wally is a young boa constrictor who loves hugs, but his classmates at school are scared of getting hugs from him, so Wally shows them his friendly hugs are nothing to be afraid of.

Harris's family decides that his dog Zippy should go to dog obedience school, but after he is trained, they miss the old Zippy.

With some help from his detective partner King Kyle in Cleveland, Wild Willie and his friend Lucy figure out how to turn their soccer team into winners.

Ziva, a "wind-wild" young sled dog, decides whether to stay with the man who has trained her or to run free with the wolves and wind.

A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.