Grey's father enlists him in organized sports and other endeavors in order to get him to toughen up.

In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature.

Further stories of Mowgli, the wolf-boy, and the talking animals of the jungle.

Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.

A few chapters of this story introduced Peter Pan to the reading public. His chapters (13-18) were later published as "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens."

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him as a present-and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart ever since ...

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.