family

A cumulative tale in verse about a mysterious stranger that interrupts a family's daily routine.

Bailey is too young to go camping with the Bunny Scout, so mom shows him how to camp right where he is.

Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family move to a new farm near Concord, Wisconsin.

Brendan Buckley, a biracial ten-year-old, applies his scientific problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan's mother are estranged.

At first dismayed at having to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out in the household of recently widowed Mrs. Hata, Rinko discovers there are pleasant surprises for her, but then bad things start to happen.

Thirteen-year-old Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his death in a bicycle accident.

Penny comes home from school eager to share her very own song, but must wait until the time is right to teach it to her parents and the babies.

When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.

While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch.".

Contains narratives in which Jack, Jen, Chris, Abby, Mateo, and Michelle try to cope with family life while figuring out rules, routines, and responsibilities; and includes guidance and advice for tweens and teens on strengthening relationships at home.