An Inuit child learns that her mother's love is unconditional when she disobeys and journeys across the Arctic, from village to ice floe, in search of her puppy.
Wally is a young boa constrictor who loves hugs, but his classmates at school are scared of getting hugs from him, so Wally shows them his friendly hugs are nothing to be afraid of.
"Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected it at a tree farm. At the end of its life, the tree is chosen to be the centerpiece of a city's holiday celebration"--
Mimi and her little brother Joe escape from home and the city's summer heat to read and dream about princesses and dinosaurs in the cool, quiet library.