A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.

A history of New York : from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty ; containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong ; the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam ; being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been or ever will be published.

Shares stories of childhood as seen through the eyes of a young Armenian boy in Fresno, California.

The place is Ithaca, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The time is World War II. The family is the Macauleys -- a mother, sister, and three brothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those of America's second-generation immigrants... In particular, fourteen-year-old Homer, determined to become one of the fastest telegraph messengers in the West, finds himself caught between reality and illusion as delivering his messages of wartime death, love,...

Invites young readers to lift the flaps to see the things that Corduroy takes to the beach and what he does for fun when he gets there.