Lisa Thiesing

Peggy the pig receives a mysterious call from the "Viper" warning that he is coming in one year, with repeated calls which count down the dwindling time until his arrival.

"For many reasons and through many seasons, people need friends in their lives. Whether sniffing a sweet flower or star gazing, building a snowman or jumping into a pile of leaves, ice skating or playing hide and seek...who better to share everything with than a friend?"--Provided by publisher.

A mother explains how much her daughter is like she was as a little girl.

Two trolls, Nip and Tuck, discuss the difference between here and there, write poems while sliding on the ice, and find an old clock that is stopped at five o'clock.

A boy detective with a penchant for speaking in rhyme finds out who is putting fake snakes in a classmate's desk.

Miss Amy Steadings, proprietor of Hungryhouse Lane, is looking for a house companion. Someone who enjoys country life and antiques, someone who is not afraid of...well, the unusual. What she gets is rip-off artist Gerty Moag and her double-crossing antique-dealing son, Alexander the Grate. Will the two villains swindle Miss Steadings out of a fortune? Not likely, with the unsavory Sweet kids on the investigative trail. The real fun begins as Zoe,...