Ballet instructor Miss Lina has a solution when her eight students, who always dance in pairs, are distraught when a ninth girl joins the class

Instead of grumbling about the rain, two little girls enjoy how it makes shiny black streets, forms fun puddles, and sounds like tap dancers on the roof of their bus

Fifth-grader Piper and her sisters are thrilled about their first-ever camping trip until they learn it will be at Halloween, but other Navy families join them, including an annoying new member of the Gypsy Club

A wandering cat brightens the lives of six lonely people--and persuades all of them to feed him until a near accident brings them all together

Iris's first sleepover at her friend Walter's house ends early when Iris gets homesick and wants to go home

The family poodle protests at first when the master and mistress bring home a new "dog" to share the household

"A girl and her father set out in his snowplow to pick up someone special at the train station during a snow storm"--

Iris's baby sister Rose is a very, very fussy baby, and Grandpa takes Iris out for a special day without the baby. When Baby Rose turns out to be a fussy child and not nearly as much fun as a new doll, Iris thinks about ways to get a new sister to take her place, but with some help from her family and friends, Iris begins to appreciate her role as a big sister and learns to love Baby Rose despite all the work involved. Iris thought that having a baby...

While her father, a Navy Chief, is on ship duty for six months, nine-year-old Piper stays busy with new neighbors, Christmas at a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and especially the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show

Iris's baby sister Rose breaks a necklace and then is discovered playing with Walter's missing harmonica