Tired of playing with his little brother, a boy imagines having a dragon for a playmate instead.

In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.

How canine brothers relate to each other.

When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.

After Whyatt gets in trouble for making a mess in his older brother Jack's room, he and the other Super Readers jump into the story of Goldilocks for ideas on how to make things right.

Little Chicken is tired of being told what to do by Big Chicken, but when they become separated he misses all of the clucking.

Eager to help Mr. Pete the Baker make his delicious treats, Flat Stanley and Arthur participate in Mr. Pete's plan to reclaim his customers from a business rival.

A young boy imagines the work he will do and the safety gear he will wear when he becomes a fireman some day, as his younger brother first watches then joins him on the job.

Long ago in China, three brothers become tired of chasing birds from their family's rice fields and experiment with ways to make the job easier.

As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.