"Miss Hazeltine opens her home to cats who need help learning how to be brave, and their new skills are put to use when she finds herself in a bind"-- Provided by publisher.

Loving everything scientific except spiders, an arachnophobic Stink reluctantly attempts desensitization therapy exercises recommended by Judy and Webster before a real-life, fact-filled encounter takes them all by surprise.

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

A child describes situations that bring about fear, how it feels to be scared, and what can make things better.

Three different children are helped by caring adults to use prayer to deal with frightful feelings.

"All children feel afraid at times and need strategies for coping with their fears. Kids will learn to face their fears by taking action, setting goals, or stopping scary thoughts. These tools will help kids develop courage and face their fears. Additional activities and a note to adults are included at the back of the book."-- Provided by publisher.

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...

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

"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

On a windy Halloween night as a boy is returning home through the woods after trick-or-treating, he hears scary noises behind him.