Ty can't wait to ride his new scooter, but when he has a hard time learning and wants to quit, a new friend encourages him to give it another try.

Lilly can't decide what to do with a chocolate heart.

"Lubna's best friend is a pebble. Pebble always listens to her stories. Pebble always smiles when she feels scared. But when a lost little boy arrives in the World of Tents, Lubna realizes that he needs Pebble even more than she does." -- From dust jacket.

A boy and a robot strike up a friendship despite their differences.

When Max's soccer team plays the school bully's team, Max must come up with a secret game to calm his Super Fidgets or it may cost his team the championship.

A young Sauropod encounters friends and foes while searching for his pack, who left while he was oversleeping.

Magnus Chase, a homeless boy living in Boston, finds out he is the son of a Norse god.

"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--

Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.

After leaving his war-torn country with his family, Mustafa visits a park near his new home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, fall leaves, and finally, a friend.