Irene Trivas

Second-grader Freddy hates being the middle one in the family until he gets a part in the school play.

A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.

A girl waits impatiently as she and her father prepare a surprise birthday party for her mother.

Highlights the contributions in various fields of endeavor of famous men and women from around the world, including Marie Curie, Abraham Lincoln, Rachel Carson, Hokusai, and Martin Luther King.

Two sets of twins launch a wild chase when the "disappearing parrot" in their school talent show magic act really does disappear.

Best friends Casey, Kate, and Jenny celebrate Casey's ninth birthday by having an ice skating party, which is only temporarily spoiled when Kate falls and breaks her arm.

The king offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the young man who can produce three perfect peaches.

When nine-year-old Alex moves to weird California to live with her father for a year, she is plagued by disturbing nightmares and fears her new friends will learn her babyish secret.

Already late for the big parade, Sheila and Dixie are horrified to find that their instruments seem to have disappeared.