vivid characters
— A girl who hates her ugliness wishes on a star to bring her stone gargoyle to life, then learns through painful transformations that she was already beautiful.
— A girl who knows every corner of her beloved childhood home must move across the country, discovering that home is defined by the people you love, not the house itself.
— A girl's birthday wish for a puppy and amazing drawing skills comes true when her drawings literally come to life, creating chaos at school.
— A poor farm girl discovers money in an abandoned house, uses it for school, and starts a newspaper that leads to an unexpected friendship with a rival.
— A physically timid girl who has failed at every sport finally learns to ride a bike, discovering freedom and confidence in the process.
— A boy gets a dog his mother hates. After the mother repeatedly tries to abandon the dog, it saves her from a mugger, changing her heart.
— A tree narrates its life from seed to death, surviving fire, drought, and bears, only to be felled when humans build too close to its trunk.
— A red wolf named Ruby gets separated from her pack, is tranquilized and relocated to Yellowstone, where she finds a new pack and home after proving herself in battle.
— Two kindergarteners get locked out of their classroom during a bathroom break and must overcome their fears and rivalry to find help together.
— A young girl with magical powers must defeat an evil rock star who has enslaved Neptune's citizens with mind-controlling lightning, aided by new friends and a talking rat.