"This is the story of a boy who loves his grandma, but can't stand all her rules! She has rules for every room in the house - don't jump on the bed, or play with the dolls, or leave the loo seat up, or play on the stairs.... But there is one rule that is more important than all the others. DON'T touch the big blue and white vase in the living room. When grandma pops out to the shops, the boy does his absolute best to follow the rules, but of course...

Letters written by a ten-year old boy from boarding school, at the end of the Civil War, depicting American home and school life.

When a donkey disappears, four young boys who have been playing soldier set out to find the animal.

Describes the typical adventures of a mid-nineteenth-century boy from his third to eleventh years.

Shigeru, a four-year-old boy who goes to nursery school. He often breaks the rules of the nursery school, which are as many as 70. In "Chûrippu Hoikuen" [Tulip Nursery School], he yearns to be in the Hoshi Gumi [Class of Star], the eldest class. In "Kujiratori" [Whale Hunting], he and his friends go whale hunting with a boat made of building blocks. In "Chiko-chan" [A Little Girl Named Chiko], as he climbs on top of a desk after a girl, he is forced...