Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn.

In New York City, a "groovy little jazz number" brings together a lonely crocodile and deer.

When A discovers there are others who wake up in a different person's body every day, A gains new understanding of the extremes where love and loneliness can lead. Told from multiple perspectives.

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or Internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own, her only companions being a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. Told in verse format.

Rumple Buttercup, a monster who lives underground in a rain drain because he thinks he is too weird, finally talks to an aboveground person and learns something important.

A song coming from a small, high window transforms a lonely boy, a stray cat, an elderly woman, then an entire town, so when the music stops, they come together to save it.

"A funny, noisy parrot comes into Jack's world and brings him closer to his dad in an unexpected and moving way"--

This is my rock! proclaims a young goat. It's not yours, he bleats at Eagle. Or yours, he grumbles at Bear. Nor yours! he shouts at the other goats. But standing atop a mountain all day and night can be lonely, especially when you have no one else to play with.... With simple wit and beautifully detailed illustrations, David Lucas weaves a tale about sharing and friendship. As an illustrator and writer, David Lucas finds inspiration in the beauty...

Whale's beautiful song calms a wriggly octopus, cheers a sad urchin, and much more but cannot cure his loneliness without the help of his friends.

"A clever pup ends up in a cozy home, and she'll do anything to stay there. She impersonates everything the lonely homeowner needs--a pillow, a footstool, a jacket. But in the end, being herself works best"--