When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

When his parents make plans for an evening out together, Ollie is anxious about meeting his first babysitter and imagines the worst, from having to eat yucky vegetables to being sprayed with stinky perfume.

"It's nerd-turned-jock Felton Reinstein's last year before college, and the choices he makes now will affect the rest of his life. That's a lot of pressure. Before leaving home forever, Felton will have to figure out just who he is, even if, sometimes, it sucks to be him"--

When her cat license is revoked following a string of embarrassing un-catlike incidents, Kitty must take a special class and pass a series of tests in order to get her cat license back.

A collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, a rather stout, somewhat confused bear, and how he faces and handles his fears.

Jenny loves swimming, and her best friend has finally convinced her to join the school swim team--but when she is confronted by a crowd of spectators in competition she freezes up.

"Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has always been too occupied with her love of math and frequent battles with anxiety to want to date. Besides, she's always found the idea of kissing to be kind of weird. But by senior year, thanks to therapy and her friends, she's feeling braver than before. Maybe even brave enough to enter the national math and physics competition or flirt back with the new boy. Meanwhile, Evie's best friend, Caleb Covic, has always...

Summary: Although his best friend Rex is excited about going to camp, Pinky is afraid of leaving home.

When sixteen-year-old Lily Larkin's older sister, Alice, begins to struggle with her mental health, Lily attempts to keep everything together and perfect, despite her own growing anxiety.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.