"Shadows are fun. They can be funny, too. Mostly, shadows are all around us, and not always what they seem. Here is a delightful, graphic celebration of imagination." --book jacket

Bear tries everything he can think of the get rid of his shadow.

"Jude Maddox knows nothing of love or even light. He knows only his grim duty as the Hand of Death, to lead the Knights of the Eternal Star into a land filled with nightmares and certain demise. It's only when he sees her--a young woman with wild, amber eyes who's as fierce, defiant, and swift as the shadow beasts themselves--that he feels the warmth of life in his blood. The other Knights may fear their lethal commander, with his hard, merciless...

"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best" --Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Emmeline possesses the unique ability to manipulate shadows. When her magical powers are threatened by a noble family, she desperately turns to Dar, her shadow friend, who offers to save her if Emmeline makes Dar flesh again, but this bargain only puts Emmeline's life in further jeopardy.

"Shinbi is not a particularly ghosty ghost. At night she likes making tiny bouquets of things, and gazing at the far away stars. Haunting? Not so much. Even if that's what the other ghosts like. In the daytime, in a meadow, sits a single rock, casting a single shadow, named Greem. He'd really like someone to talk to. But who? He writes one word on his lonely rock: 'Hi' and hopes someone will see it. Sure enough, in the darkness of night, Shinbi finds...

A child's shadow is seen as an annoyance, until the book is turned upside down to read the second story.

Hortense hates her shadow for following her everywhere and thinks her shadow hates her, too, but when she faces bandits she finds that a shadow is just what she needs.

"A boy wants to know what shadows are. Discover interesting facts about shadows along with him: what makes a shadow, how does a shadow get bigger, what the colors of a shadow mean, and more."--Provided by publisher.

A charming new story from the author of Guess How Much I Love You, with an original take on the subject of childhood anxiety. Once there was a girl called Mindi, who was afraid of something that no one else could see. This thing that she was afraid of, this thing that no one else could see, was a big goose. It came into her room as quietly as a thought comes into your head, and it stayed there for as long as it wanted to... So begins a new story by...