Little Pup and his friend Little Duck are afraid to go down the big slide, but when Little Duck decides to try, Little Pup musters up his courage to help his friend.

Penny, a small, frisky puppy who has no trouble jumping over a log, encourages Clover, a large, careful dog, to follow her and take a leap of faith.

"For a quarter of a century, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Thorndike Press/Gale, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved authors, in western fiction. Travel back in time with these fourteen new stories that explore the individual courage and strength the tumultuous American frontier required. These stories are written by award-winning authors and the most exciting new voices in historical fiction. Fortitude and Other...

Determined to go down the super slide at the community pool, Cool Bean must summon up his courage and face his fears to do something totally cool.

Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?

Jasmine helps build a new market for the people and Ariel finds a way to get medicine for Andrina.