Lillian Hoban

Second-grader Jim isn't sure what he wants to be for Halloween but he knows he wants to be scary.

Amy and her mother drive through the rain to pick up Daddy.

Five-year-old Elisa has an older brother and a new baby brother, but her elderly neighbor says the middle is the best, just like the filling in a sandwich.

Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building.

When Charles, a young blind boy, joins their first-grade class, Anna Maria and the other children feel unsure of themselves and of him until they learn to accept Charles.

Although George's classmates are well aware that he is not the smartest student in the first grade, they are proud to know him when his fast action in an emergency saves an elderly friend's life.

Amy picks some flowers on a sunny day and gives them to her mother.

Chipmunk's song about Squirrel only "catches" part of him and so the song grows.