George seeks the quiet in the loud world around her when the past comes rushing back and sends her into the arms of a girl who brings hope and light into her otherwise dark life.

Shai, a thirteen-year-old nonbinary homeschooler, attempts to find a "new normal" post-pandemic as they start public school, meet new friends, and learn about their Jewish identity.

While they are at work a mother and father send powerful "love waves" to their child at home, offering reassurance and comfort in their absence.

Just after his best friends make a list of things sixteen-year-old Ted should do to live it up, he learns that he has ingested poison and will be dead in twenty-fout-hours -- which might be enough time to do everything on the list.

Opal the ostrich pushes past her anxiety to take on a big responsibility at her family's annual party.

Feeling anxious about her first day of school, little Noni forges a tentative friendship with an outgoing little girl who helps her discover that she can belong and succeed in a world that once filled her with dread.

A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startup burnouts leap into...

Cora, always bothered by the Whatifs, grows much more anxious before her piano recital but a fellow performer helps her imagine what could go right, rather than wrong. Includes author's note about her own anxiety.

A babysitter sings a rhyming song to reassure the child.

May is anxious about her first day of school, but her mom reassures her that everyone gets butterflies when trying new things and even a butterfly has to learn to spread its wings.