Introduction / Amy Ehrlich
In the blink of an eye / Norma Fox Mazer
Food from the outside / Rita Williams-Garcia
Interview with a shrimp / Paul Fleischman
The long closet / Jane Yolen
How I lost my station in life / E.L. Konigsburg
Bus problems / Howard Norman
Pegasus for a summer / Michael J. Rosen
Learning to swim / Kyoko Mori
Waiting for midnight / Karen Hesse
The snapping turtle / Joseph Bruchac
Author biographies.