Fatima is having fun camping with her friends, but she is afraid the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.

First-grader Freddy, who is afraid of the dark, is apprehensive about going on a wilderness camping trip.

Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone.

"George learns to overcome his fear of the dark with the help of his new nighttime friends, an ensemble of endearing animals rendered in celebrated illustrator Seng Soun Ratanavanh's wondrous, dreamy style"--

Invited to join her friends for an end-of-summer overnight sleepover in a tent, Anna, who is frightened by the dark, decides to skip the party, prompting her friends to convince her that it is sometimes fun to be scared.

"Warren and Dragon are setting out on their most unspooky, totally normal, not-scary-at-all adventure yet...their first sleepover! Warren is a seven-year-old boy and Dragon is part stuffed animal, part fierce dragon, part best friend-depending on what part you believe most. And Michael is their new friend and next-door neighbor. When Michael invites them over to go 'camping' in his basement, the dynamic duo don't know whether they're more excited...