As young Eddie goes through his checklist to get ready for school, his mother does not agree with all of his choices.

Sam figures out how to apologize for misbehaving after being joined on the naughty step by Captain Buckleboot, a little monster, a knight, and an astronaut and hearing about the bad things they did.

A young biracial girl searches for the perfect color word to describe herself.

Merl, a very special cat, feels threatened when his owners acquire a dog, so he leaves to find a place where he will not have to share with a dog, but he soon learns that home is the best place to be.

Two Little Pigs whose small homes in the woods have been accidentally destroyed by Bear and Moose decide to build a house they can all share, and with the help of Beaver Builders they soon have a fine new home.

Saddened by her classmates' and teacher's mispronunciations of her name, a girl is empowered by her discovery that names are like songs when she and her mom celebrate the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names. Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her...

Based on song lyrics by the author, this volume illustrates many of the ways love is expressed by exploring children's relationships with parents, grandparents, and nature.

Marley gets himself into trouble again on the way to the annual town Easter Egg Hunt.

Little Red's bag of magic dust falls into the wrong paws when she stops to help two lost mice while on her way to the Great Harvest Festival in Bluebell Wood.

In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.