Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.

Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark.

Posey's fear of starting first grade is alleviated when her teacher invites the students to wear their most comfortable clothes to school on the first day.

A young boy is kept awake by the noisy, "talented" tiger in his closet that is busy dancing, eating, and making music.

Friday, an almost all black cat, is afraid of many things, despite his four big fangs.

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost cause by escaping into a nearby wood, deserting his battalion. He finds a group of injured men in which one of the group, the "Tattered Soldier", asks Henry, who's often referred to as "The Youth", where he's wounded. Henry, embarrassed that he's whole, wanders thru the forest. He ultimately decides that running was the best thing, & that he's a small...

With some simple science experiments, Sid shows kids that there's nothing to be afraid of when the lights are out.

"When a boy can't find his favorite stuffed bunny, he heads into the woods to find it" -- Provided by publisher.

Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

"Each member of Erik Sheepflattener's modern-day Viking-heritage family has a motto to live by. Erik is developing a motto he can truly believe in : AVOID STUFF. But when he and his older sister Brunhilde spend the summer with their rough-and-tumble cousins in Minnesota, axe-wielding Bru gets the idea to name and conquer all of Erik's fears." --from the publisher