Stephanie Greene

Posey's fear of starting first grade is alleviated when her teacher invites the students to wear their most comfortable clothes to school on the first day.

When Posey makes up a funny song about one of the boys in her class, she cannot understand why her teacher is upset with her.

When Posey's first-grade class gets a new student named Grace, Posey worries that her friends will like the new girl more than they like her, until Posey realizes just how lonely Grace must feel and discovers that Grace could be more than just the new girl, if Posey gives her the chance.

Posey and her family and friends prepare for the holidays.

Sophie is supposed to help out around the house, and that's bad enough. But then her mother comes up with a job chart, and all of a sudden Sophie has a whole list of new chores to do. Some of them, like cleaning the downstairs toilet, are gross! "Menial," says big brother Thad, who somehow manages to avoid doing any of his own new jobs. "No fair!" says Sophie.

Sophie's father went on strike when his beliefs were on the line. Now Sophie sees

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Tt's not easy being a nine-year-old kid in the middle of a busy, gifted family. Especially when the list of things you're good at includes only two items—"Crying" and "Stopping crying"—and the list of things you're not good at seems to be getting longer every day.
When Sophie's mom suggests that she's good at being kind and just needs a little more practice, Sophie feels hopeful. But being kind to a grouchy old lady or her big

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Holding her princess wand, six-year-old Posey finds the courage to visit the large dog next door.

First-grader Posey is concerned that her spring vacation will be boring compared to her friends' travels, but her mother's plan to take each day as it comes turns out to be full of excitement.

Moose, who is good at drawing and making doughnuts, is upset when he loses his antlers, but his encounters with a hunter help them both gain self-respect.

When she is invited to a "pig pickin'," Hildy believes it is a contest to pick the prettiest pig and she hurries down south to enter, accompanied by her good friend Moose, who soon discovers just how wrong she is.