"When Carmen's wild toss sends the hula-hoop soaring over the fence, the twins don't know how to get it back. But then, as if by magic, their toys come sailing back over the fence. Soon after, there's a new neighbor poking her head over the Garcia's fence"--Provided by publisher.

While they are in a restaurant, Baby Jim tosses his sister Polly's toy puffin into the hood of a stranger's coat, and he leads them a merry chase through the city.

"Dom is excited to join her friend, Steph, for a mini vacation. They are going to visit Steph's grandmother....As soon as they arrive, they find that Gran's neighbors have lost their goat! There are some mysterious footprints near the goat pen that lead to the marsh. Dom decides to use the methods of her favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes-observing the basics, using all her senses, and talking it through with her trusty friend-to try and bring the...

Scoot and Sally have fun playing together in the yard, until one day when Scoot runs off chasing a big red balloon.

When a twelve-year-old shortstop loses the glove that "magically" helped him make fantastic catches, he wonders whether it was the sole secret of his success.

"Wednesday's brother's drone went missing in their own backyard. And that can mean only one thing--the thief is one of their friends! Can the neighborhood's newest service dog help Wednesday sniff out the bandit? Or will the case of the missing drone be a doggone disaster?"--

"Sloane and Amelia clash with rival detectives when they travel to Tangle Glen mansion with the goal to find the two million dollars that went missing on the premises decades ago."--

A yellow ball rolls out of sight, over the Bridge of Butterflies, across the Field of Lesser Beasts through painted trees to the place where all lost things are found.

"The wood mouse and the rabbit find a rag doll in the woods. Nothing about it is familiar: it doesn't smell like the fresh air of spring or feel like the rough bark of a tree. As the group of animals grows and searches for a clue to where the doll came from, they encounter more mysteries--and discover the one thing their hearts know to be true"--

Ages 8-12. When eleven-year-old Perpeuta promises to save her family from financial ruin, she sets off on a quest with her younger brother, a stolen horse, and a chicken in search of a valuable coin.