On a snowy Christmas Eve in the late 1800s, Frances and her family wait and worry when beloved Uncle Ambrose, who has a crippled leg, does not come home as expected.
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.
When Brenda's favorite uncle decides to marry, Brenda sees visions of a gold lam? flower-girl's outfit, until Uncle Harry and his bride-to-be show up with her niece. Includes recipes.
While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance.
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes open and uses his ingenuity.
Stubborn, self-reliant, 11-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
As he prepares to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a young boy remembers all the things he liked about his favorite uncle. Presented in Spanish and English.
Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together they settle some unfinished business.
Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together they settle some unfinished business.
In a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf describes his attempts to create "the scariest school in the world" and convince his ghostly Uncle Bigbad to teach a magic class.
