A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.

"Lenny follows Kan for a school project and learns what it's like to have a multicultural family"--

Duck and Cluck learn important lessons about manners and sharing when they each make their case for why a found egg belongs to them.

"Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States--it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just...Almost. One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken....

All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.