Two friends, Lawrence, who prefers to stay in his small backyard, and Sophia, a bird avoiding the ground, help each other overcome their fears during a rainstorm.

Born to be a star, Etta prepares for her big performance in her school's talent show, but when she gets pre-show jitters, her loving family helps her through it so she can shine in the spotlight.

After years on her own, 19-year-old Lark has run out of places to hide from her cruel father. Her only chance to escape him forever is to beg for sanctuary in Cagmar, the troll city under the Empyrean Bridge. Having been driven from the sun by humans, trolls have no love for their weaker counterparts, but Lark, armed with her unusual ability to inflict fear, is allowed to live in Cagmar as a slayer, protecting the city against monstrous canyon creatures....

Small Stanley wants to be brave, so he takes his Grandfather's advice and writes down everything that scares him, but when he loses the list he forgets what he is afraid of.

A psychiatrist and neuroscientist describes fear and anxiety in our brain and body, and how it colors many aspects of a modern human's life. In a way accessible to the public, he explains why we love to be scared, the link between bravery, meaning, aggression, creativity, and fear, as well as diseases of fear and anxiety--and how we manage them.