The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format.

Baby Emily is in Karen's family and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her, even Karen, and that's how Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!

In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.

With her perfect attendance record, Pinkalicious gets to be principal for the day, but when she wakes up sick, she worries that her big day will be ruined.

Pam is sick and having a very bad day until her parents and her friend help to cheer her up.

Bored with being sick in bed, George becomes a polar bear for a day, much to his parents' dismay.

Carl tends to a sick puppy while the puppy's father takes the rest of his babies for a walk.

While her father is in the hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla befriends Harry, the first boy to understand her love of the outdoors, and as Harry's health fails, Isla tries to help both him and the lone swan they see, struggling to fly, on the lake outside Harry's window.

With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice.

By not covering his mouth or washing his hands, Simon spreads his cold to his teacher and classmates, much to the delight of three germs named Virus, Protozoa, and Bacteria.