Ivy and Fletch have been best friends since they were born but now, at age five, the boys in their kindergarten play Pirates at recess while the girls play Princesses, and the duo is split apart.

While Gerry is taking care of the class pet, Houdini the hamster, during spring break he escapes and she must don her thinking crown to find a way to lure him back to his cage.

A collection of poems celebrating the good and bad things about friendship, giving, loneliness, and love, by such authors as Myra Cohn Livingston, John Ciardi, and Gwendolyn Brooks.

The very fairy princess: Geraldine knows deep down that she is a very fairy princess, but she doesn't mind getting a little messy in order to have the perfect day. Extra yarn: a modern fairy tale about how a young girl and her magical yarn transform a community. The amazing bone: a lonely pig named pearl dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to her. My garden: a girl dreams of creating a garden full of chocolate...