Six-year-old Karen starts school and soon has to wear glasses. She must decide whether she will wear her new glasses for the school picture or not.

Sister is overcome with jealousy when Brother gets a shiny new ten-speed bike for his birthday.

Hugo the dog becomes the star of an all-animal band after learning to play his best friend Hector's fiddle, and despite Hector's jealousy, remains grateful to the man who gave him his start.

A hiking trip in the woods in upstate New York is out of the comfort zone for sixteen-year-old city girl Callie Velasquez, but she wants to bond with her new friends Lissa and Penelope, not to mention her new boyfriend, Jeremy--however, nothing could have prepared her for the true human darkness that waits for her in the wood.

Merci Suarez begins the sixth grade and knows things will change, but she did not count on her grandfather acting strangely, not fitting in at her private school, and dealing with Edna Santos' jealousy.

When Lucy's friend Brock visits, Sparkle the unicorn is jealous until he and Brock discover a shared love of drumming and dancing.

When Katie's mom asks her to spend time with Emily, her boyfriend's daughter, Katie brings her to a meeting of the Cupcake Club and things go well, but maybe too well for Katie's liking.

When Chloe Jennifer moves to Wish Pond Road, Mallory's friend Mary Ann starts including Chloe Jennifer in everything that she and Mallory do--but in Mallory's opinion, three is a crowd.

When a girl who feels rotten about playing Second Banana in the annual food and nutrition pageant learns that the girl playing First Banana has stage fright, she suggests a solution to both problems.

Sammy Squirrel and his twin sister, Sophie, usually get along but lately it seems everything is going her way.