A rabbit grandmother celebrates the infant who is her best Christmas gift of all.

"In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade "Grandma's Boy" whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"--

Alfie the alligator writes a letter to his grandmother and eagerly awaits her reply.

With the arrival of six senior reading group members at the Merry Ghost Inn, the long-awaited grand opening week has finally begun for Melanie West and her grandmother Liza. All is well with the Oregon coast-side B & B until Melanie's dog, Max, finds the dead body of one of their guests. Everyone at the inn immediately falls under suspicion, including the innkeepers themselves. The ghost that haunts the B&B will have to help Melanie and Liza solve...

Surprised to learn that she has been left her grandmother's cottage in the Adirondacks, Chelsea Enright spends the summer in the mountains, becomes friendly with the caretakers and neighbors, and discovers that the house holds secrets that go back decades.

Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to New York City to investigate the death of an important Everafter, and discover a secret that might lead them to the Scarlet Hand.

"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup--Freedom soup--just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle's...

Young Mole and his grandmother live together and get along well most of the time but in these four stories there are exceptions to the rule.

While working on a quilt that her grandmother had started before she died, Katy discovers the special memories and meanings that are part of every quilt.

In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.