Susan Wojciechowski

A young boy recalls all the Halloween costume agonies he's been through, until, at last, he gets to do things his own way!

Two towns, Tralee and Tralah, compete in an annual St. Patrick's Day decorating contest which Tralah boastfully always wins, but when their hearts are put to the test by a little man with pointed ears, Tralee wins with no effort at all.

Beany loves her cousin Amy, but is worried about something going wrong if she agrees to be the flower girl in Amy's wedding.

After a young boy loses the wooden Nativity set that belonged to his dead father, the widow McDowell persuades gruff Jonathan Toomey, the best wood-carver in the valley, to carve a new one and to let the boy watch him work.