Amy Hest

Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.

When Sam has a cough, Mrs. Bear tends to him all through the cold night.

When Baby Duck is not sure she is ready to get into the pool with the swim team, her grandfather encourages her.

"After a young boy's beloved dog dies, the boy encounters a stray dog on the beach. At first, the boy is not interested in having another dog as a pet, but as he walks and plays on the beach, he gradually becomes interested in taking care of the stray dog as a pet."--Provided by publisher.

On a rainy day when Baby Duck is sick with a cold, her grandfather cheers her up by showing her family photographs.

The hard-working daughter of two bakers and a perfectly nice stray dog live lonely lives in the same town, until they meet one very stormy day.

When a little bear becomes separated from its mother in New York, a sympathetic child tries to reunite them.

Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently. Eight-year-old Annie lives in a sunny apartment in Manhattan with her father, Professor Rossi. Life would be pretty good if only Annie didn't so achingly miss her mother. When Mrs. Rossi died suddenly, she left not only Annie but also a class full of students - who pour out their hearts in a scrapbook Annie will...

Gabby has knitted mittens to give her grandfather for his birthday, and on their way to meet him, Gabby gets a new haircut and her mother gets a surprise.

Despite her mother's reminder that "navy blue is what you always get," Gabby begs her tailor grandfather to make her a beautiful purple fall coat.