The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

A four-year-old describes how she has changed since she was a baby.

The eccentric old lady Leonora O'Grady enjoys collecting a wild assortment of goods, from spaghetti jump ropes and a bottle of ants to a necklace of acorns and the queen's underpants.

A child finds that learning to have self control is hard, but it can also be fun.

A guide to the care and maintenance of mothers, who are, according to the manual, "the most advanced human models on the planet."

Mom is old-fashioned. She likes things hand sewn. To make her more modern, we bought a smartphone. . . . For Moms birthday, her kids are excited to teach her how to take selfies with her new smartphone. At first, its lots of fun for the whole family. Soon, driven to take the perfect selfie, Mom begins to document everything, from ski team practice to dance class, and even photo-bombing someone's weddinguntil her daughter reminds her that maybe this...

Bertie thinks that other kids will like him if he loses weight and so he drinks a special remedy which causes weightlessness, but getting thin requires other measures.

While thinking about life as a race, a child wonders whether it is most important to finish first or to have fun along the way.

"What would you take? Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!""--