"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.
Collects the first three tales of the Deckawoo Drive series, featuring the adventures of bumbling cowboy Leroy Ninker, Animal Control Officer Francine Poulet, and sweet Baby Lincoln.
"After a heavy snowfall, Stella Mae Culpepper goes to the park and starts sculpting, and soon all of her neighbors, normally detached and indifferent, are working together to build a fantastic snow creature"--Provided by publisher.
"After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors"--Provided by publisher.
"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her"--Provided by publisher.
Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.
After learning that a hungry classmate is taking tomatoes from their garden, Lupe and her mother invite their neighbors to help in what becomes a community garden and gathering place. Includes recipes.
When Errol, who loves to garden but has no outdoor space, longs for a proper place to grow things, his wish unites a diverse community to find a solution.
