World Famous Muriel earns her reputation again when, with the help of numerous peanut butter cookies, she finds the Great Hokus Pokus after he disappears in the middle of rehearsing for his magic show.
A mother remembers the fireflies, afternoon rain, squirrels, geese, and other aspects of nature that she watched while waiting for her child to be born.
Lila, always the last to be chosen for games by the other children, earns their interest and acceptance by creating her own imaginative activities on the landing of her apartment house.
A land once protected by all sorts of wonderful trees is reduced over time by war and environmental neglect to desert, until new inhabitants plant trees and slowly make Israel bloom again.
