Betsy Byars

In four separate stories, Ant's older brother gets rid of the monster under Ant's bed, forgives Ant for drawing on his homework, tries to read a story, and helps Ant writes a letter to Santa.

Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.

With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family problems.

The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest emergencies, and then they read them aloud for extra credit.

When young Boo is followed home by a dinosaur that only she can see, it causes a bit of trouble for her older brother, Sammy.

A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero.

A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts.

When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year- old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone.

Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that he was taking care of for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime."

Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony's stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated situations.