Sarah Weeks

After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. Living with her mentally disabled mother who only knows just over twenty words, young Heidi has learned to live in her special world until a new word is suddenly used and repeated by her mother; causing Heidi to think it might be a key to a secret past about which she knows so little....

After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.

A disgruntled big sister reveals unpleasant facts about babies.

A professor tries to assemble Frankenstein's body parts so that the monster can enjoy his birthday cake, with unexpected results.

Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree. This expanded edition includes the original story, with added recipes, craft projects, and songs. The CD contains the 2 original songs by Sarah Weeks that are printed in the book, as well as a narrations of the story with and without music.