The dance of life — one step forward, one step back. Whether they lead or follow, the characters from these twelve tiny tales will dance through your heart. Will innocent Dulcie be caught in a seedy speakeasy? Can ambitious Kate get the attention she desires? Does swing dancing always lead to romancing? If you like stories you can read before your coffee goes cold, you'll love this flash fiction collection.

Recounts the antics of big, lovable Clifford when he was a very small puppy.

"Mo Jackson is excited for his baseball game, but Coach Marie tells him he is batting last and playing right field, again. Will Mo ever get a hit?"--

Matisse is a little girl in a big world, until her baby brother is born and she discovers she is not so little, after all.

Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.

A little raccoon dreams of growing taller, but through a series of events learns to accept herself just the way she is.

Nell is told by her BIG sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman.

"A little boy forms an unlikely friendship with a pigeon who knows what it's like to be small"--

"The story of two snake friends, Frank and Harold, who do everything together and want to ride the Rattler Roller Coaster. But one of them is not tall enough. What are these friends to do?"--

When the other barnyard animals comment on how tiny the littlest chick is, the proud little one peeps louder, stands taller, and runs faster than any of them.