Varun is fascinated when he watches his sister's dancing class, where she learns bharatanatyam, a dance from India. He tries out some moves at home in secret since he is convinced dancing is not for boys. His grandfather tries to convince him otherwise.

Told in rhyming text, a young African American boy, stuck inside on a rainy day, uses his imagination to create a rocket ship out of a rocking chair and takes off on an trip to a distant planet.

Wanting to learn more about where his friend Boy spends his weekdays, Monster accompanies Boy to school, where he meets the teacher and students, learns about classroom activities, and helps recover a missing pet hedgehog.

When fourteen-year-old Gabe checks for survivors after a global pandemic he finds Relle, a strange hopeful girl for whom Gabe eventually develops a crush, but after they return to the mainland tragedy strikes, forcing Gabe to set out on a dangerous journey to find other survivors where the world might be normal--like Before.

Join Pedro for his latest adventures. One day, he's pretending to be a pirate, sailing the high seas. The next day, he's practicing his karate to become a fierce ninja star. School days are exciting too, filled with everything from field trips to building contests. No matter what adventure Pedro's having, he's always Pedro the Great!

Jack is disappointed when his mother tells him that he can't do all the wild and fun things he has planned when a toddler visits. In the end, Jack finds out that having fun just takes some creativity.

"This is the story of a little boy called Alem who goes on an adventure. It's his birthday, but who knows where can he go to celebrate? Maybe the bear, the fox, the meercat, the treefrog, the fruit bat or the bulldog know? But don't ask the dragon . . . or he will EAT you!"--Provided by publisher.

No school for two whole weeks! Tom can forget all about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew) and concentrate on good stuff like, inventing new ways to annoy Delia and band practice for Dogzombies.

Feeling frustrated when his first attempt to weave a basket fails, a Penobscot Indian boy receives help and encouragement from his grandfather.

He's a boy. He's a superhero. He's ... spaghetti? Fred loves spaghetti. So when Fred's inventor mom creates a machine that can turn anything into spaghetti (fast!), he thinks it'll be nothing but noodles from here on out. Little does Fred know just how right he is. After a misstep with the spaghetti machine, Fred finds himself transformed--into Super Spaghetti! But is this spaghetti-hungry boy-turned superhero made of the right stuff to save his town?--...