Fran Manushkin

Katie misses school while she is home with the flu.

A poem about the beauty of a baby's skin introduces readers to a mixed family whose children learn the importance of celebrating our diversity.

Katie can't believe that she has been cast as a worm in the school play. How can a worm ever be a star? But even a terrible part can't stop this star from shining! Bravo, Katie Woo!

Everyone in Katie Woo's class has lost a tooth, except her! She tries everything she can think of to make her wiggly tooth fall out, but nothing works. Will she ever lose her tricky tooth?

When heavy rain causes flooding, Katie Woo and her parents spend the night in a shelter.

Pedro collects a lot of different bugs for a class assignment, but when his brother lets them out in the house their parents are furious, and ban any further collecting.

With Earth Day coming up, Katie decides to have a yard sale with her friends and recycle her old toys.

Pedro is excited for his class's trip to the aquarium, but when he gets separated from the others near the shark tank, he gets frightened and starts running to and fro--until he takes a hint from the shark to stop going in circles.

When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.

When Pedro breaks his arm racing his bike he has to cope with the frustration of wearing a cast for a whole month--but with the help of his friends he discovers that there are still fun things to do.