Describes what a young dinosaur should do in order to quickly get over being sick.

The forest friends all gather to help care for Bear when he feels sick, and when they come down with the same symptoms, the newly recovered Bear returns the favor.

When Sam has a cough, Mrs. Bear tends to him all through the cold night.

On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.

Charlie has promised his friend, Marv, that he will be there for the big soccer game, but Lola has a cold and Charlie meets her every demand, with decreasing patience, until it looks as if Lola will never let him leave.

When the reindeer get bad colds, Santa Claus wonders who will be able to pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.

In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

Little Bear learns that if he becomes sick, Mama Bear will nurse him, and a variety of zoo animals, back to health.

When Gerald the elephant begins sneezing around his friend Piggie, he begins to suspect that he might be allergic to pigs and is afraid this could mean the end of their friendship.

When Yoko and her classmates become sick, Mrs. Jenkins comes up with a great idea to identify who might be responsible for spreading germs.