Photographs and rhyming text show the ups and downs of having a big or little brother.

Big brother dreams of what he and his little brother will do together.

Eddie wants to be like his big brother, a very good athlete, but is not good at sports, so Harold helps him discover how to use his own special talent--talking.

Little Bear is excited about the new baby his family is expecting, until his friends at Bear Kindergarten tell him all the bad changes that the baby will make in his life.

After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible, so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend's cousin. Includes information about the life of African Americans in Philadelphia in the 1860s and a recipe for letter cookies.

Attracted by human civilization, Moss, a young moose, wanders into town and must find his way back to the wilds.

A boy describes all the things that he does not like about having a younger brother--and the things he does like.