Barbara Bottner

Lulu wants her birthday to be special and she does not want to share it with her baby sister, so she decides to spend it at the zoo with a gorilla who is also turning eight.

All Lulu can think about is her solo role in her ballet recital, unitl she realizes that she has hurt her younger sister.

There's nothing Amy likes more than being famous. It's so fun to sign autographs for her bear, pose for photos with her parents, and she loves getting gold stars in class. But when a new girl comes to school, suddenly she's the superstar, and Amy is just super jealous. It's not until they spend time together that they discover something more meaningful than fame-friendship. Themes of sharing the spotlight, overcoming jealousy, and finding great...

A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

A child looks back on the day and drifts off to sleep, one body part at a time.

Two best friends take on the other's opposite characteristics when they spend the night at each other's house.

Lulu's younger sister Marsha, who has the chicken pox, seems to be taking all of their mother's time, and Lulu tries hard to get some attention of her own.

When Adelaide annoys Bailey, their entire preschool class gets upset, one child after another, until Zelda zaps Adelaide and a round of apologies begins.

A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process.

A story about a shy child.