Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.

Lori Shepherd, having just returned to her idyllic English cottage after a visit to America, agrees to investigate when the police come up short in their inquiry into the murder of local gossip Prunella Hooper, knowing she can count on the supernatural help of her long-dead Aunt Dimity.

After being recently orphaned Rose must live with her aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. She becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her family of seven boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. Each chapter describes an adventure in Rose's life as she learns to help herself and others make good choices. Rose must define for herself her...

Lori Shepherd, alarmed when her five-year-old twins come home with a story about seeing a cloaked figure with bloodstained lips lurking in the nearby woods, calls upon the ghost of her Aunt Dimity for supernatural help in learning the truth about a mystery that has haunted her Cotswold village for decades.

Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.

A cumulative tale in which Aunt Pitty Patty's niece Nellie tries to get piggy to go through the gate.

Fifteen-year-old Chloe, a necromancer, struggles to understand her feelings for werewolf Derek and his sorcerer brother, Simon, while seeking a way to enter the headquarters of the sinister Edison Group and rescue her aunt Lauren and friend Rachelle.

When Lucy's great-aunt Bep comes from Holland to Adelaide, Australia, to visit, she is shocked by some of Lucy's behavior, and Lucy begins to wonder about herself. Includes a glossary of Dutch words and a recipe.