Calista Flockhart

Stories include: Stick and Stone; Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners; Shrinking Violet; and Crazy Hair Day. In Stick and stone, When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a pinecone, the pair become fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? In Do unto Otters, When the Otters move in next door to Mr. Rabbit, the animals do not know how to act. Then Mr. Owl advises them to "Do unto Otters!" In Shrinking Violet,...

Violet, who is very shy and hates for anyone to look at her in school, finally comes out of her shell when she is cast as Lady Space in a play about the solar system and saves the production from disaster.

Trixie, Daddy, and "Knuffle Bunny" take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind. Alone or with her friend Opal, "Shrinking Violet" is a master mimic with razor-sharp wit, but real-time taunting by class bully Irwin unnerves her. Until the class play gives Violet a chance to turn the tables--while saving the day. Hush used to think that the "Possum Magic"...

"In another romp from the creators of Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!, Best zeroes in on a familiar childhood emotion with insight and flair." - Publisher's Weekly Whether she's impersonating Elvis, swaggering like Captain Hook, or imitating the sounds of a cricket, Violet is expressive and funny-but only when she's alone or with her best friend, Opal. At school, especially around class bully Irwin, who teases her nonstop, she retreats into...

A story comprised of five interweaving vignettes that focus on a particular group of women whose lives -- over the course of a few days -- become entangled, eroded, enriched and ultimately changed forever.

Romeo and Juliet was the first drama in English to confer full tragic dignity on the agonies of youthful love. The lyricism that enshrines their death-marked devotion has made the lovers legendary in every language that possesses a literature.