Patricia MacLachlan

Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient.

A young boy learns a different way of seeing the world from his blind grandfather.

Nigel the cat and Julia the dog think they will have no use for the new baby in their house, but after awhile they realize that they have come to love her.

Although their homes are different, a grandmother in New England and her loving grandson in Africa share the same moon.

When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.

Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son. Left by their mother with their grandparents, two children feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.

An eleven-year-old cellist learns about life from her eccentric family, her first boyfriend, and Mozart.

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

A mother relates how she spent time before her child arrived, then passes on a gift of days paddling a red canoe, reading in a pillow-filled hammock until dark, and watching the moon rise at night.