The identical Kelly twins Arlene and Ilene are excited for Halloween. They do everything together, and so they both decide to be witches. However, before the day arrives Arlene gets sick and has to go to the hospital, leaving Ilene all alone for the first time in her young life. However, the twins know that they have each other, no matter if separate or together.

"Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, and Peter stays behind and frets. Will their separation tear these friends apart...or can it bring them closer together?"--Page [4] of cover.

Llama Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school.

A child, on the verge of being left behind by parents who are going out for the evening, comes up with a variety of pleas and excuses.

A newborn owl falls out of his nest and anxiously tries to find its mother, receiving help from various forest animals.

Yoko loves kindergarten, but she doesn't want her mother to leave--until her new friend helps her realize that "mothers always come back."

"Dax and Zoe are twins. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's the night before the twins are starting kindergarten, and they have the just-about-to-start-school jitters. After all, they will be in different classrooms! What will kindergarten be like when they're not together all day? But Dax and Zoe will learn that kindergarten is full of new surprises and adventures, and being apart for a short while isn't so bad."--OCLC.

While they are at work a mother and father send powerful "love waves" to their child at home, offering reassurance and comfort in their absence.

Drew, who prefers to be called Drool, worries her parents are never coming back when she spends the night with her grandmother.

On the first day of preschool, a little girl misses her mother, but on the second day she is excited to go back.