Young Tizra and her twin brother Tracell find their world abruptly changed when their father is unexpectedly called to fight in a war which promises to last much longer than the usual three-day skirmish. Their mother - the village healer - enlists her children to assist her in caring for the many refugees left wounded and homeless by the conflict. Inspired by her mother, Tizra learns never to surrender hope even in a time of fear and uncertainty.

Sixth grader Maggie feels burdened by her seven-year-old sister Hannie, who is slightly brain-damaged and believes that a toy unicorn has magical powers, until one afternoon a crisis shows her how special Hannie is.

"A picture book about a boy who wishes upon a star and a star who wishes upon a boy"--

"For Ruby Pepperdine, the center of everything is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi's hug. That's how everything is supposed to be--until it goes spinning out of control. Now Ruby's best friend, Lucy, is mad at her. Her new friendship with Nero is pretty bumpy too. Worst of all, Ruby regrets what happened with Gigi. How Ruby didn't listen. And now it's too late to make things right. But Ruby has...

Bree Miller is hit by a runaway truck, and when she awakens later in the hospital all she can remember is a bright light, an angelic smile, and a voice granting her three wishes. Her life changes dramatically after the only witness to the accident, author Tom Gates, becomes an important part of her world. She must decide what to do with the three wishes, and what their cost will be.

In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.

When the family moves to Connecticut, twins James and Laura make new friends and begin a series of unusual adventures after discovering an old well that seems to be magic in their backyard.

When a witch loses her magic walking stick, which has been used over the years to grant hundreds of miserable wishes, she tricks a young girl into finding and returning it, with unexpected results.

"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"-- An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.

Benjamin Bartholomew Piff, unexpectedly granted a birthday wish, finds himself named manager of Kid's Birthday Wishes at the Wishworks Factory where a small mistake on the job puts the whole place in danger.