Illustrations accompany couplets describing things that go together naturally, such as "Sand with sea" and especially "you with me."

A little girl, answering her mother's question about why she likes to be little, describes some of the special pleasures of being a child.

It's a golden, windy autumn day, and a mother a daughter set out walking among the swirling leaves. As they wend their way, they share little adventures--spying a kitten, seeing the trees zigzag with streaks of color, catching some floating milkweed, watching the setting sun color the clouds. Throughout their walk, the girl keeps urging her mother to "say it" with more and more persistence. What could "it" be? From a sterling picture-book team comes...

When a young boy finds his old dog dead one morning, he spends the rest of the day thinking about all the good times they had together.

Two separate stories--one from a girl's point of view, the other from that of a young boy--tell what her daughter or his son will be allowed to do.

After moving, Thomas is reluctant to make new friends until he experiences a special night of trick-or-treating.