Twelve-year-old Katy always planned to do a great many wonderful things but in the end did something she never planned at all.

While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.

This moving story follows one family through generations of time spent together and shows readers that memories allow us to connect to the past, the present, and also to each other.

After the family moves to the country to a house recently inherited by his mother, Omri finds many secrets revealed to him when he accidently discovers the link between the house and the magic cupboard. Sequel to "The Secret of the Indian."

Olivia decides there has to be a marching band at the fireworks display, even if she has to do it herself.

Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dullard move their family to a boring town to avoid any excitment in their lives"--

Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all... this year,...

In 1946 a ten-year-old girl tries to understand and overcome her stern father's objections to having a Christmas tree in the house.