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"Gretchen turns to her vivid imagination when she is left behind while her siblings swim in the ocean"--

"When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most magical healing garden in Harlem--in spite of a locked fence, thistles and trash, and the conflicting plans of a wealthy real estate developer. While Isa is off at sleepaway orchestra camp, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Laney are stuck at home in the brownstone with nothing to do but get on one another's nerves. But when catastrophe...

Tired of hearing her son and daughter fight, Mom devises an unusual punishment.

Mia was content to share her big, bright room with her baby brother, but now that they are older--and he is messier--she seeks a new space of her own.

When possessions and food start going missing at Rookwood Academy, suspect Scarlet launches an investigation with her twin sister, Ivy, that turns up old mysteries and new threats.

A devoted big sister helps her family care for a newborn who needs the rules demonstrated by a positive role model who was once an expert baby herself, in an uplifting celebration of older siblinghood that features an accessible price and diverse characters.

When their humans go on vacation, Sunny and Rosy go to grandma and grandpa's house, but after they are blamed for destroying grandma's garden the pugs must uncover the real culprit.

Spencer the bunny's older brothers frighten him with stories about Frankenbunny and other monsters until Spencer figures out how to overcome his fears and his brothers.

"A small yellow octopus hatches from his egg and begins searching for something he is certain he is missing on an undersea adventure that leads to new friendships along the coast, an exploration of a sunken shipwreck and the discovery of a loving family"--

"Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush"-- Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, desperate to get away from their drunkard of a father. Onboard a ship, Jasper overhears a rumor about One-Eyed Riley, an old coot who's long since gone, but is said to have left clues to...