When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind, and how each act, big or small, can make a difference or at least help a friend.

When Katie's mother feels unwell on the day before Mother's Day, Katie wants to do everything she can think of to help her mother get well--but she forgot to get a present.

"Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart--and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive,...

Rocky and Daisy "help" their human friend Owen wash the van.

Henry is a good helper and can even help with laundry.

Henry helps his mother and father plant the garden.

Henry loves helping his mother wash her car.

After their teacher announces a good citizenship contest, Shelby and her classmates try to outdo each other with good deeds. Grand plans go wrong and sometimes backfire, but then Shelby does something truly good without thinking of any award. When the prize isn't quite what anyone expects, she and her friends have a laugh and decide helping others feels better than getting an award. See a video interview with the author and discover more titles in...

When Pam, the town's meter reader, takes a wrong turn on her way home, she ends up on a busy freeway and needs some help getting back on the right road home.

The science fair is coming up at school, and Kyle and Mia agree to help Ryan, who knows very little about animals, with his project--seeing whether music makes mice smarter.