Henkes, Kevin

When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist.

Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time.

Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell's weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all.

Alice and her parents spend the week of Alice's tenth birthday as they always do on Sanibel Island, Florida, but Alice gets upset when she discovers some of the people who are always there are missing and new ones have arrived, and Alice wants things to be like they have always been.

Bailey is too young to go camping with the Bunny Scout, so mom shows him how to camp right where he is.

Penny comes home from school eager to share her very own song, but must wait until the time is right to teach it to her parents and the babies.

Circle dogs live in a square house with a square yard, eat circle snacks, and dig circle holes.

Chrysanthemum loves her name until she starts going to school and the other children begin to make fun of it.