Katie Harnett

A lonely raincloud follows a girl called Ivy, who looks grumpy on a sunny day when everyone else is happy. "The raincloud felt sorry for her. Being grumpy is just another way of being sad, he thought." So the cloud waters Ivy's plants, and they thrive - which makes her happy.

See also: The Bad Mood and the Stick

Everyone on Blossom Street welcomes an orange-and-white cat into their lives and homes, and each person calls him by a different name. But when he goes missing, they realize they're all searching for the same cat, and their search leads them to the formerly lonely home of Mrs Murray, who now has a cat and company.