Arcadia Public Library

At the end of the nineteenth century, nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State where he raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

Amanda Pig, her brother Oliver, and their parents share a busy day, working and playing together from breakfast to bedtime.

A family in the Old Country hopes to recreate the miracle of the first Hanukkah by making a small jar of cooking oil last long enough to make a treat for each of the eight nights.

A year after August's death, Jamie and Charlotte are manipulated into reforming their detective team by someone who wants to see them suffer. Jamie is going through the motions at Sherringford, trying to finish his senior year without incident, with a nice girlfriend he can't seem to fall for. Charlotte is on the run, from Lucien Moriarty and from her own mistakes. No one has seen her since that fateful night on the lawn in Sussex-- and Charlotte...

Arthur is unhappy about going on vacation with his family, but he shows them how to make the best of a bad situation when they end up stuck in a motel because of rain.

A little girl's grandmother describes how the different people in her extended family waited for her to be born.

Wanting to spend a quiet Thanksgiving away from her parents' restaurant, Daisy discovers that her relatives lead even crazier lives than her own.

A little girl searches all over the house for the smile that seems to have deserted her.

When she cannot find her favorite stuffed toy, ,a young girl asks her mother, father, and older sister for help.