Children ask different adults and themselves about death and receive a wide variety of answers. Includes an afterword and suggestions for parents.

When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.

As a boy grows up, he returns to the seashore to ask the sea for answers to difficult questions.

"Fourth grader Wren Jo Byrd questions lots of things--both little and big--when her parents decide to get a divorce, and learns a lot about the true meaning of family, home, and friendship"--

After overcoming a number of obstacles, especially in the subject of geography, Olivia is on her way to Hollywood to appear on Jeopardy! and, she hopes, to reunite with her father who left the family two years ago.

"When Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it's up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what's the best plan for getting him down?"--

Einstein, a very knowledgeable hamster, is desperate to help the students in his classroom win an audition for a televised trivia game show but, unfortunately, only one student, Ned, can hear him.

Pedro Perfecto es arquitecto de corazón: cuando no está construyendo casas con su comida, tiene la cabeza en las nubes y sueña con nuevos diseños. Por eso se queda completamente maravillado cuando Bernice, la tía de Ada Magnífica, hereda del magnate heladero Herbert Sherbert una vieja casa llena de habitaciones donde se pueden ver elementos de todos sus períodos arquitectónicos favoritos, desde la era victoriana hasta el art nouveau. Sin embargo,...

As they take a nighttime walk around their neighborhood looking for the elusive moon, a little boy asks his mother simple questions about it, and she patiently answers every one.