uncles

When her dog becomes lovesick for the moon, a young Cuban girl and her uncle call the moon down to give the dog a kiss, with surprising results.

While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.

Simple text and photographs describe the place of uncles and aunts in a family and different ways in which children interact with them.

"Uncle Dan Hunter is taking his virtual reality program public, and thirteen-year old Carter and his cousin Isabelle are helping him demonstrate the suits at a children's bookstore--but when a blackout fuses "Wind in the Willows" with "Peter Pan," Carter has to battle pirates and weasels to rescue the two children trapped in the suits"--Provided by publisher.

Until now Uncle Dan has only used classic books in his program, so being commissioned to turn a new manuscript into a virtual reality world sounds exciting--but while they are testing the program, Isabelle realizes that the book is plagiarized from The purloined letter, and it is up to Carter to teach the author a lesson.

During the ceremony of First Salmon, an event celebrated by the Northwest Pacific tribes to honor and welcome back the salmon each year, Charlie remembers his beloved uncle and starts the process of accepting his death.

With some help from his nephews Zack and Billy, Uncle Stinky lands a famous catfish, recalls how a restaurant became the haunt of zombie chickens, and foils the plot of a madman.

When Uncle Pete comes to visit, he listens to Celeste's singing and helps Jonathan get rid of the ghost that's been causing so much trouble.

Staying with her uncle on his California farm, nine-year-old Dani feels unwelcome and unloved while she tries to come up with a plan to save her pet goat Tyler from the butcher.

As a young boy and his family endure hard times on their Indiana farm, they look forward to the letters and promises of help from their uncle out West.