A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.

Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.

Two families--one that is perfect and one that is far from it--celebrate Thanksgiving in their own loving ways.

Abigail, Ralphie, and the other citizens of Lumberville struggle to endure a week-long heat wave.

A young girl contrasts the exciting things she might someday do, like digging for dinosaur bones and swimming with dolphins, with her present-day activities of finding loose change in the sofa cushions and feeding her goldfish.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text portray a young girl who is surrounded by family and friends who love her.