"When her parents decide to close the family flower shop, Mei finds a special way to say goodbye to their neighbors."--

A young girl imagines what it would be like to have a family with horses, sheep, chickens, a cat, and friendly children living in the empty house next door.

Rachel Watts is an unwilling new arrival to Melbourne from the country. James Mycroft is her neighbour, an intriguingly troubled seventeen-year-old genius with a passion for forensics. Despite her misgivings, Rachel finds herself unable to resist Mycroft when he wants her help investigating a murder. And when Watts and Mycroft follow a trail to the cold-blooded killer, they find themselves in the lion's den - literally. A night at the zoo will never...

Come along with me and meet, all the people on my street. Some are strange and some are lazy, some are silly and some are crazy!

"In a twist on the classic fairy tale, a boisterous family of bears, along with their pie, invade Goldilocks' home before she ever sets foot on their doorstep, and her efforts to offer hospitality have results she does not expect."--

"A zany peek into a busy apartment building, and what the one-of-a-kind residents are up to. There's a lot happening inside the apartment building on Bubblegum Street. There's Mouse, a famous rapper, who lives on the ground floor and is getting ready to go out. Panther, the plant collector, has plants from every single continent. Hippo snores in his favorite armchair, dreaming of a great Arctic adventure. In the attic apartment, Bat is practicing...

"Mabel loves the stars. She can count a few from her bedroom window and even more from the tree in her backyard. But her grandfather saw thousands of stars when he was a boy, and Mabel is determined to see that many herself. So begins Mabel's quest for a better view of the night sky. When she realizes that the glow from nearby houses and streetlights blocks her view, she enlists help from her neighbors and the town's mayor. Can they work together...

"Mr. Martin enjoys tranquility. He likes to drink his coffee in silence, read his newspaper quietly, and take peaceful naps. His neighbors are aware of that, but easily forget--so much so that the noise they make drives Mr. Martin up the wall. One day, he decides to take matters into his own hands..."--

"As construction begins on the Golden Apple Amusement Park, Aaron Peterson is becoming increasingly worried about his father. Working late nights in his study, Aaron's dad seems to be fraying at the edges, pushing, and sometimes breaking, the laws of engineering with his new schematics...But his fears over his father's work is complicated by a dark discovery: a network of tunnels running underneath the town of Raven Brooks"--

"Angry that her father has left, twelve-year-old Alice swears that she will live in her family's old Renaissance tent until he agrees to return; but after she meets her mute four-year-old neighbor Piper she finds herself becoming involved in the child's life--and when she hears the little girl speak a word for the first time in years she sets out to prove to Piper's parents that the dismal diagnosis they received for their daughter may be all wrong."...