Introduction / Amy Ehrlich -- In the blink of an eye / Norma Fox Mazer -- Food from the outside / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Interview with a shrimp / Paul Fleischman -- The long closet / Jane Yolen -- How I lost my station in life / E.L. Konigsburg -- Bus problems / Howard Norman -- Pegasus for a summer / Michael J. Rosen -- Learning to swim / Kyoko Mori -- Waiting for midnight / Karen Hesse -- The snapping turtle / Joseph Bruchac -- Author biographies.

"Ten award-winning authors tell stories of pivotal moments in their childhoods."