The dance of life — one step forward, one step back. Whether they lead or follow, the characters from these twelve tiny tales will dance through your heart. Will innocent Dulcie be caught in a seedy speakeasy? Can ambitious Kate get the attention she desires? Does swing dancing always lead to romancing? If you like stories you can read before your coffee goes cold, you'll love this flash fiction collection.

A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.

Too small to work in Santa's workshops, Oliver searches for a special job he can do at the North Pole.

Max, the smallest in his class, is disappointed that he has only one line in the Christmas play when others have much bigger roles.

Bullied and despised for being human-sized, a young giant demonstrates his bravery and cleverness in a series of adventures.

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

The Bear family demonstrates the difference between big and small with a variety of objects from hats and heads to suits of clothes.

A young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly useful--and maybe even change the world. Includes author's note on the science and uses of nano-robotics.

When her lab assistant, Igor the dog, swallows a doomsday device with a ticking clock, Franny K. Stein shrinks herself down in a miniature machine and enters the body of her beloved pooch to track down the device and stop it from going off.

Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.