A father reflects on how the future depends upon all of the little things in his son's world, from his yellow drinking cup to a big cardboard box.

Twelve-year-old Olivia Kidney and her father move into a Manhattan brownstone that has a lagoon in the living room, hosts visiting strangers in the middle of the night, and is mysteriously close to the spirit world.

Seven-year-old Stink Moody discovers that he can get free samples by writing letters to candy companies and plans a surprise for his best friend's birthday.

When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third-grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew. Cuando un cachorro que está siendo entrenado como perro policía se pierde, Judy forma una agencia de detectives para resolver el misterio, imitando a su heroína literaria, Nancy Drew.

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Jokes illustrated by fourteen artists including Saxton Freymann, Tomie De Paola, Dan Yaccarino, Peter H. Reynolds, Sophie Blackall, Yumi Heo, Boris Kulikov, Brett Helquist, Henry Cole, Judy Schachner, Chris Raschka, Laurie Keller, David Small, and John J. Muth.