'I was supposed to be having the time of my life.' When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society...

Jealous of her sister's birthday, Frances becomes mean and selfish, until rare generosity and birthday spirit move her to reluctantly give her coveted gift.

A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.

William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.

When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.

A story about Pierre, a little boy whose reponse to every question, suggestion, or statement is always, "I don't care!" until an encounter with a lion changes his mind.

Manhattan attorney Tim Farnsworth, healthy, handsome, and in love with his wife, family, work, and home, is compelled to give it all up when he is stricken with a strange disorder that forces him to walk to the point of exhaustion.

Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.

Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother's Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings" that soon draw tourists from across the country, but when their antics awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.

Jewish-American author Philip Roth's 1969 comic novel about a successful New York lawyer named Alexander Portnoy who is plagued by guilt stemming from an obsession with sex and a domineering mother.