Marisabina Russo

Some young rabbits would rather play than sleep, much to their parents' chagrin.

Amelia is so big that she is always last in line at school and none of the other students will play with her, but a special new classmate teaches her that size is not always the most important thing.

Hannah, who is sure that the new baby in her family is going to be a girl, eagerly looks forward to having a little sister.

"It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author's young...

After many years during which her grandmother skirted the issue, a young girl finally hears the story of how several of her female relatives survived the Holocaust.

Max discusses with his mother good reasons why he'd like to trade her in, but admits there is one reason to keep her.

Sophie is nervous and excited about her first sleepover, but when she meets her best friend Olive's other best friend, Penelope, Sophie wants nothing more than to go straight home.

A young child is sorry to see summer end until she remembers all the good things the other seasons bring.