Sixth-grader Emme Remmers feels that as an only child she has to be the peace-maker for her parents rapidly deteriorating marriage, and she could use some help--so the new bakery, Daisy's Desserts, where everything is baked with love, may offer the perfect solution for the dinner she is planning for her parents' anniversary.

"A young girl's Christmas wish for a baby sibling is granted in this heartwarming adoption story"-- Daisy dreams, hopes, prays, and even asks Santa Claus to bring her a sister or brother until finally, her family gets its miracle. Includes author's note on the real story behind the book.

Lysander Singleton tries his best to fit in at Twin Oaks Elementary, where all students are twins except him, but on the day of the Twindividuation contest his experience as an only child gives him a competitive edge.

A dog who longs for someone to play with finds out how good life is as an only pet when another dog comes to visit.

"Elmore Green, como muchos otros niños, empezó su vida siendo hijo único. Tenía una habitación solo para él, y todo lo que había en ella era suyo. Sus padres creían que él era el niño mãs adorable del mundo. Pero un dĩa, todo cambió..."-- Elmore Green likes being an only child, so when his parents bring a new small person, his baby brother, into the house he is not pleased and does his best to keep the new small person out of his life....

An only child relates the trials and tribulations she experiences when her mother has triplets.

Only me generation is a documentary of self-exploration, which tells the personal stories of the effects of the One Child Policy from the first generation's point of view. More than 30 years ago, the Chinese government first introduced the one-child policy to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems. Over three decades have passed; they are now looking at loosening up the policy, which makes the babies born into this policy a unique...

Collette Murphy, eight years old, wishes she were an only child, and is surprised when her wish comes true for a day.

From one of world literature's most courageous voices, a novel about the human cost of China's one-child policy Far away from the Chinese economic miracle, from the bright lights of Beijing and Shanghai, is a vast rural hinterland, where life goes on much as it has for generations, with one extraordinary difference: "normal" parents are permitted by the state to have only a single child. Written while Ma Jian traveled the rural backwaters of southwestern...

Abigail Iris thinks she would rather be an only child, but after going on vacation with her best friend, who is an "Only," she realizes there are benefits to being one of many.