Pat Brisson

When a mother and daughter are separated by the mother's incarceration, they find a special way to keep their loving relationship alive.

Hester and her younger sister Edna play Queen and her maid, pretend to be mermaids, eat chocolate, and experience a thunderstorm.

In each of three episodes which involve either an unfriendly neighbor, his sister, or his mom, Bertie succeeds in being rewarded with his favorite, a hot fudge sundae.

A day at the beach is the occasion for this rhyming look at the relationships between things.

Presents poems highlighting the appearance and behavior of such familiar animals as the crow, the earthworm, the ladybug, and the squirrel, and offers information on the creatures and on the art of poetry.

Jerome's mother is a sailor in the United States Navy, and when she is away at sea he tries to be brave even though misses her and has some bad days

When she is a sophomore in high school, Molly gets rid of her good-girl image but ends up becoming pregnant and having to make some difficult decisions.