Spinelli, Eileen

Although his father wants him to follow the family tradition and become a chef, a young boy would much rather dance.

A child chronicles a sweet and wonderful year in the life of her family as they celebrate special and ordinary occasions together in the backyard garden.

A rhyming celebration of the sights, smells, and sounds of autumn, such as pumpkin muffins, turkey stickers on spelling papers, and piles of raked leaves.

Three children whose parents are serving in the military think about the special things they do together in order to keep from being sad, and dream about the day they will be together again.

Miss Fox's class assumes their teacher's association with a police officer is something other than what it really is.

When Wanda fears that she has a monster in her closet, she takes her grandmother's advice and begins to look at things from the monster's point of view.

When calamity stalks every step of the preparations for the Tappletons' Thanksgiving dinner, they realize that there is more to Thanksgiving than turkey and trimmings.

A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.

Eleven-year-old Belinda "Bindi" Winkler and her family find their way through tough times with the love and support of the community that grows around their newly opened restaurant, "The Dancing Pancake.".