Linda Urban

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.

"Max and his dad love their time together. Weekends mean pancakes, pizza, spy games, dog walking, school projects, and interesting neighbors! Every weekend brings a small adventure as third-grader Max gets to know his dad's new neighborhood--and learns some new ways of thinking about home"--Back cover.

Third-grader Max is heading off on a road trip with Mom. With miles to travel, cousins to meet, and a tall roller coaster to ride, it will be an adventure! But Max always spends weekends with Dad; will Dad be okay if he|s left behind? And will Max be brave enough for all the new explorations ahead of him?

"Frankincense (call her Francie) Wood was born in a stable. An indoor-outdoor stable from her family's Holiday Shop and Santa School, which is also where she's spent most of her Christmas-loving life. Francie knows which adhesive works best on a yak-hair Santa beard, where to get size XXXL extra-wide patent leather belts, and how to say "Merry Christmas" in sixteen different languages. What she doesn't know is how to recover from the world's worst...