"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.

When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick when they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.

George isn't feeling well and has orders from the doctor to rest, but he finds a way to get well quickly when he realizes he has to postpone his play date with his friend Sam.

Katie goes to the hospital to have an ear operation.

Little Alien is sick it is out of this world bad-- with two scratchy throats, five hurting ears, and three runny noses! Mama and Daddy alien use an arsenal of lunar decongestants and meteor showers to make him feel a little better. Can the family's eight-legged dog's clever tricks finally coax a smile from Little Alien?

When Rooster's throat is too sore for him to crow, the other farm animals help both him and Farmer Ted. Rooster has a sore throat and can't cock-a-doodle-doo. Farmer Ted is sleeping, and there's no one to gather the eggs, milk the cows, sheer the sheep, and feed the pigs. Rooster needs help-and fast. Working together, Rooster and the other animals come up with some madcap but effective ways to wake Farmer Ted and complete the day's chores. But can...

When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet while telling what happened at kindergarden when Miss Bindergarten was too ill to come to school.

When Goldie Locks comes down with chicken pox, she is teased by her brother and is unable to visit with Bo Peep, Little Red, and other friends.