Eleven-year-old Zach knows he is too old to have an imaginary playmate, but between grieving for the loss of his father and coping with bullying at school the only place he seems to find joy is in his fantasy world with his best friend Shovel.

"Zach and his family go to the beach, but Zach is having a lousy day. Everything goes wrong and he is frustrated!"--Page 4 of cover.

Frog likes the chocolate chips cookies that Toad bakes. Toad likes the flowers that Frog grows. Frog has a best friend. So does Toad. Can you guess who their best friends are?

"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...

Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce kids work together to give back to their community.

"When two competitive raccoons declare themselves to love the other 's'more,' the campy puns keep on coming as their fireside chat heats up until they realize that with all that love, everyone wins!"--

Kai, a merboy, loves to share hugs with his mother, but learns that some friends prefer fin bumps, tail claps, tentacle shakes, or claw pinches.