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A car accident leaves a family in a predicament, and triggers a series of remarkable events. When their elderly neighbor Astrid comes into the picture, everything changes. It's the least of the family's expectations that her involvement will impact the rest of their lives. Astrid seems to have all the answers and promptly sets her plan into action. With wisdom, intuition, and maybe a little bit of help from above, she makes everything turn out just...

"An empowering celebration of kindness and sharing"--Back cover.

A little girl is searching for the perfect gift for her new brother for Christmas and it comes from the sky.

Susanne has a special connection with a tree in the forest near her grandmother's home and every time she visits she notices and learns something new about trees.

"A sweater for everyone! Piggy shares balls of wool with his friends so they can knit warm sweaters for winter. But is there enough wool for them all?" --publisher's website.

The theft of all the lemons from her lemon tree leads Rosalinda to an encounter with la Anciana, the Old One, who walks the Mexican countryside helping things grow, and an understanding of generosity and forgiveness.

"Bird and Cat meet in a tree. But someone already lives in this tree-Mr. Fish. And he does not want to share. After Bird and Cat leave, Mr. Fish discovers that it's actually pretty boring to sit in a tree all by yourself. Getting Bird and Cat back-along with Mr. Fish's old friends from the sea-is going to require some real work"--

Harold is a very special bear who always wears a woolly hat, so when a crow steals the hat from him, he tries to win it back.

The present on the closet shelf could be the most fabulous gift Arthur ever imagined. But then again, it might be something else entirely....