As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by a

After attempting to save his exbabysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics.

When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for himself and his grandmother when h

When Dorothy gets the part of Tarzan in the class play, her tremendous yell attracts the attention of increasingly larger and wilder animals.

Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony's stories involve him in some very troublesome and compli

Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a vis

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers but somehow things just don't seem t

As each of the five members of the Bean family tries to write a "roof" poem, they come to realize just how nice it is to be a Bean.

Two boys make up a series of treasure hunts for each other, with disastrous and hilarious results.

With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family proble

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.

In continued adventures, May-May and Rose take their traveling road show to more audiences.