After moving to America from Hong Kong, Jun feels isolated at her new school but discovers a sense of home in the familiar foods and flavors she finds in her lunchbox.

It's 1922 when Kaveri Murthy, her husband Ramu, and friends attend a magic show featuring the famous magician Das. During an elaborate Houdini-like escape trick involving a cage, a sword, and a basket of snakes, Das disappears. Shortly thereafter, the crowd is surrounded by thieves in masks. Pandemonium ensues, and Ramu and Kaveri are separated from their friend Anandi. Amid the chaos, Kaveri glimpses Anandi talking to her husband, who is one of the...

Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt. The fish was very hot and very dry. But when Kiki put it in the bathtub, it started swimming, and growing, and speaking. "I want to grant you a wish for saving me," it said. Alas, this fish was only a fish of small wishes, and Kiki's wish was too big. Unless there was a way for both their dreams to come true.

Fynn has always lived in a lighthouse-just like his father, and his father, and his father before him. His dad insists that living in a round house with a big lightbulb on top is special, but Fynn doesn't see how. All he knows is that it's weird-and often inconvenient. Exasperated by trying to fit all his favorite things in a round house and tired of being so different from everyone else, Fynn runs away from his lighthouse, seeking adventure on the...

Pete and his friends must solve a mystery when some of the cupcakes they have backed for a party go missing!

As much as Paige hates the word normal, it's a pretty good word to describe her life, and the kind of night she was having just before a single email turned her world upside down. In an effort to better understand and communicate with their autistic daughter, Paige's parents enrolled her in a study without her consent. Without her knowledge they had a chip implanted in her brain that keeps track of her location and brain activity. It can boost the...

Monti the mole has a morning routine: go the bakery, stop at the library, and then rest on his favorite rock beside the river. One day, his routine is interrupted when he hears whispers about a stranger in town -- and then he finds the stranger on his rock. The stranger turns out to be Leo, a long-snouted green creature; and, of course, he and Monti become fast friends. Leo has been experiencing some suspicion and hostility since he arrived in town,...

Sometimes you get up on the wrong side of the bed. But the cubs learn that is no excuse to be rude! Good thing Mama Bear is here to set the Bear family straight. And with a little laughter, everyone can find a way to all get along.

A grandpa who, after a long day of playing pirates, gardening, skateboarding and more, tells his grandson he's simply too tired to be grandpa at bedtime and asks that his grandson take over for him.

When Mama arrives home with a big glass jar, she explains that it will hold items associated with special moments. As Zuni's family adds mementos from their achievements--a winning soccer goal, a successful piano recital--Zuni is told that "someday" her moment will come, too. When the jar is opened, it reveals each individual's recollections--and the way Zuni has made the most of notable everyday events.