Foreword/Lois Metzger -- The secret / Lois Lowry -- One wing / Ann Cameron -- Not a piñata this year / Alma Flor Ada -- The year we missed my birthday / Amy Goldman Koss -- Celebration / Nora Raleigh Baskin -- Happy Birthday to Hugh / Lois Metzger -- With love, from mom and dad / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Sez you / Norma Fox Mazer -- Opposite of Miffy / Lisa Yee -- The girl in the mirror / Cynthia D. Grant -- Oh Happy Day! / Sharon Robinson -- About the authors.