Barbara Bottner

Best friends and beginner fairies Pish and Posh receive encouragement from the Monster Under the Bed as they each try to make four wise wishes in order to earn their wings.

A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process.

In the Bronx in the early 1960s, fourteen-year-old Maisie and her longtime friend Richie start high school, as each struggles with an abusive parent.

All Lulu can think about is her solo role in her ballet recital, unitl she realizes that she has hurt her younger sister.

Spencer has too many toys! He finds it hard to give them away, but in the end it's a cardboard box he can't part with!