Yumi Heo

Lady Hahn is a seamstress, and her seven friends are the tools she uses to sew-Mrs. Ruler, Newlywed Scissors, Young Bride Needle, Young Bride Red Thread, Old Lady Thimble, Young Lady Flatiron, and Little Miss Iron. When Lady Hahn's friends start boasting about how important they are, Lady Hahn turns her back on them. But it's not long before she realizes how much she needs her friends as every one of them contributes in an important, special way.

A young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of her newly-adopted sister from Korea, while her whole family prepares.

When Katie Honors feels angry and out of control, her mother helps her to be herself again.

When Katie's best friend Jennifer plays with Roy at recess instead of with her, Katie is surprised and angry.

In this retelling of a Masai tale, a mongoose helps an ostrich get her chicks back from the lonely lioness who has stolen them.

A Chinese American girl describes the festivities of her uncle's Chinese wedding and the customs behind them.

When a family adopts a well-behaved puppy that they name Angel, everything is fine until the next full moon.

Katie is almost always happy, but sometimes at night, when the Jibberwillies come and scare her, her mother must catch them in a bucket and throw them out the window before Katie can fall asleep.

Tricked into freeing a hungry tiger from a trap, a man refuses to let the tiger eat him until they get another opinion on the situation from a disinterested party.

A visit to a pottery shop and the encouragement of family and friends not only provide Aspen the opportunity to paint something beautiful, they also help her get past her writer's block.