MacLachlan, Patricia

All year long Lily and Liam look forward to the holidays at their grandparents farm. It's always the perfect trip: walking to the lilac library, trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in the meadow, things will be different. This holiday, Lily and Liam will find out the meaning of a special gift.

Left by their mother with their grandparents, two children feel as if their past has been erased until their Grandfather finds a way to restore it for them.

When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.

Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.

As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Whiting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather.

Contains two novels by Patricia MacLachlan, including "Baby," in which a baby left with a family at the end of the tourist season helps them come to terms with the death of their own infant son; and "Journey," in which two children, left by their mother with their grandparents, feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

Although their homes are different, a grandmother in New England and her loving grandson in Africa share the same moon.

Emily's father takes care of everything the day she has a "stomach ache in her head.".