When Boy is sick, his friends Dog and Bird try to help him feel better.

When Lily, her sister Sam, and their mother move in with her sick grandmother, Lily traps a tiger and makes a deal with him to heal Halmoni.

"When the ships of the harbor aren't feeling well, the hospital ship Hope comes to the rescue"--

In rural Minnesota in 1974, thirteen-year-old Pride Star, raised to be independent, must accept help from friends and neighbors to care for eleven-year-old Nightingale and six-year-old Baby when her grandfather is hospitalized with a brain infection.

"Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela gets sick, Luis has to learn a new way to be a hero"--

Henry is jealous because his sister gets a lot of attention because she is sick. When Henry gets sick, he realizes it isn't as much fun as he thought.

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.

When a field mouse discovers that his friend is sick in bed, he is determined to make her feel better.

A family is distressed when Daddy gets the chicken pox, but when he recovers it is a joyous occasion.

Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.