Contents
Overtaken by Joy by Ardis Whitman
Shall We Dance? by Neil Simon
The Bottom Line on Happiness by Clayton M. Christensen
Obey That Impulse by William Moulton Marston
In Search of Heaven by Gail Cameron Wescott
Gilligan’s Aisle by Jeanne Marie Laskas
The Gold-and-Ivory Tablecloth by Rev. Howard C. Schade
A Dog Like No Other by Peter Muilenburg
“A Man Don’t Know What He Can Do” by Elise Miller Davis
The Forked-Stick Phenomenon by Emily and Per Ola d’Aulaire
Letter in the Wallet by Arnold Fine
Christopher Reeve’s Decision by Christopher Reeve
“Information Please” by Paul Villiard
The Dream Horse and the Dining-Room Table by Billy Porterfield
His Gift of the Future by Marc Lerner
A Heart for the Run by Gary Paulsen
The Gratitude Club by Steve Hartman
The Christmas Present by James A. Michener
The Man on the Train by Alex Haley
Ferragamo’s Gift by Susan Shreve
Letting Go by Litty Mathew
She Gave Her Father Life by Henry Hurt
A Family for Freddie by Abbie Blair
A String of Blue Beads by Fulton Oursler
Night of Hope and Possibility by Roxanne Willems Snopek
The Holiday I’ll Never Forget by Rick Bragg, Esmeralda Santiago, Melissa Fay Greene, Tayari Jones, Floyd Skloot, Lee Smith and Jenny Allen
Christmas Out of Season by Robert Fulghum
A Love Like No Other by Skip Hollandsworth
Two Words to Avoid, Two to Remember by Arthur Gordon
The Day My Silent Brother Spoke by Jim Watson
The Ugliest Cat in the World by Penny Porter
My Fourteenth Summer by W. W. Meade
Mother Courage by Linda Kramer Jenning
An Open Letter to Students by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Three Days to See by Helen Keller
How America Can Make Brotherhood Work by Bill Bradley
The Night I Met Einstein by Jerome Weidman
My Father and Me by Billy Crystal