Maryann Cocca-Leffler

A toddler goes to the playground, to Grandma's house, and home to play, then has a bath and goes to bed, each activity requiring a goodbye that also signals the beginning of new events.

Two sisters are reluctant to let their little brother help with washing three dogs, with flash cards that may be cut out from the last pages of the book.

"Heart Stones is a fast-paced middle grade magical realism mystery novel aimed at ages 8-12. It follows Gale Hope and her friend Celia as they piece together the clues of the Heart Stones. It's a story of love, community and friendship and the power of believing. Born in a Blizzard ten years earlier, Gale was given the name "Gale Hope," to symbolize the hope that the town needed at the time. In the recent devastating storm, heart shaped stones begin...

On Career Day, Principal Tanen distributes "job" ties to the students who will run Lynnhurst School for the day while he and the teachers become students, but important surprise visitors arrive in the midst of the ensuing chaos.

When a new classmate has a peanut allergy and has to sit in a special area of the lunchroom, Simon reconsiders his love for peanut butter.

Carl and his friends embark on a plan to make the town council extend the hours the park is open.

Before he bathes, Penguin answers his animal friends' questions about baths such as "Why does the water rise when you get in?" and "Why do some soaps float?"