Sent to live with relatives in England when his younger brother develops a rare form of cancer, Colin tries to see the Queen to help find a cure for his brother.
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
The artist's visual memories of his early life, recording significant events of childhood, education, and career, and evoking people, pets, and places that have been important to him.
Suzanne is delighted when her Great-Aunt Deidra leaves her Newfoundland, Beatrice, to Suzanne's mother, but Beatrice is old, slow, and has serious stomach issues which Suzanne and Anna must try to fix before Dad sends another dog away.
In an alternative London, thirteen-year-old Ben Harvester is recruited by the Ministry of Pandemonium, a secret organization responsible for shepherding lost souls to the afterlife, but soon learns there is another, more sinister soul-hunting organization that now considers him an enemy.
When their naughty cat disappears while being disciplined for bringing home the head of the vicar's most expensive koi carp, three siblings suspect a kidnapping and start an investigation.
Paddington, the well-loved bear from "darkest Peru, " sets off on more merry mishaps including enrolling in school and receiving a visit from his Aunt Lucy.
Tamsyn Smith and Josh Allan, students at Abbey School in Portsmouth, England, foil a crime and make a new friend when they use the Internet to get the information they need to respond to an E-mail cry for help from the mysterious ZMASTER.