community life

A cheerful repairman fixes squeaky doors, leaky roofs, and crumbling fences for his neighbors, who return the kindness when he catches a terrible cold.

The neighborhood is planning a fiesta, but so many arguments erupt between relatives and friends that Benjamin decides that only he can save the fiesta.

When Randall and his friend Max start a chess club in the park to keep busy during the summer, there are unexpected benefits for the community.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes, through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, the things to do and see while living on a farm in upstate New York.

Henry's neighbors are scandalized that he ignores them and lets his property get run down, until they drive him away and find themselves missing him.

Fourteen-year-old Rosemary Elizabeth tries to fit into the world of the Shaker sisters in 1862 Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, but yearns to be reunited with her mother and siblings from whom she was separated when they sought refuge from her abusive father. Includes facts about Shakers and Morgan's Raiders.