This is the forward / Marlo Thomas --
What buying this book will do / Gloria Steinem --
Note to parents and other grown-up friends / Letty Cottin Pogrebin --
Stephen Lawrence and Bruce Hart --
Boy meets girl / Peter Stone and Carl Reiner --
When we grow up / Stephen Lawrence and Shelley Miller --
What are little boys made of? / Elaine Laron --
Ladies first / Shel Silverstein, adapted by Mary Rodgers --
Don't dress your cat in an apron / Dan Greenberg --
Parents are people / Carol Hall --
Housework / Sheldon Harnick --
Helping / Shel Silverstein --
Pain and the great one / Judy Blume --
Sisters and brothers / Stephen Lawrence and Bruce Hart --
Southpaw / Judith Viorst --
Old woman who lived in a shoe / Joyce Johnson --
William's doll, based on a book / Charlotte Zolotow, adapted by Mary Rodgers and Sheldon Harnick --
My dog is a plumber / Dan Greenburg --
Dudley Pippin and the Principal / Phil Ressner --
It's all right to cry / Carol Hall --
How I crossed the street for the first time all by myself / Herb Gardner --
No one else / Elaine Laron --
Three wishes / Lucille Clifton --
Glad to have a friend like you / Carol Hall --
Zachery's divorce / Linda Sitea --
Atalanta / Betty Miles --
Sun and the moon / Elaine Laron --
Afterword / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
