Marisabina Russo

The only thing Little Bird likes about rain is the puddles it leaves behind, but after flying through Manhattan to find the perfect puddle, his bath is interrupted again and again.

Despite his older sister's dire warnings of all the terrible things that could go wrong on his first day in the second grade, Ben has a wonderful time.

As he plays in a very large box in his room and turns it into a house, then a cave, then a boat, Sam is reluctant to let his little brother Ben join him, but then he finds the perfect way for them to share.

Sophie is nervous and excited about her first sleepover, but when she meets her best friend Olive's other best friend, Penelope, Sophie wants nothing more than to go straight home.

A child who loves to hide away and play under a small table draws pictures on the bottom of the table top.

A big sister relates some of her accomplishments, which her baby brother is far from able to do.

On the way to the store, Celeste is frustrated when her mother constantly stops to talk with neighborhood friends, until Celeste finds a reason of her own for stopping.

A mother has some difficulty getting her little boy out of bed in the morning.

When Hannah is in bed unable to sleep, she imagines all the fun the grown-ups are having--doing all the things she herself likes to do.