In this nearly wordless picture book, a young girl spies on her new neighbor, a young boy who is building something from planks of the fence between their backyards.

Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

Eleven-year-old Jordie enjoys helping her neighbor, Professor Reese, care for her dog Baxter and assisting in her laboratory, but when the professor goes missing, Jordie and her brother must use their smarts and Baxter's powers to find her.

Although he would rather be sipping an ice cream soda, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby attend a cooking class with Mrs. Teaberry and her dog Zeke, where they learn 100 ways to cook beans.

Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.

When Zuzu smiles at the new boy next door and he does not smile back, she makes him a series of gifts that she thinks he needs.

When her daughter needs life-saving surgery, a single mother and her neighbor enter into an engagement of convenience so his insurance can help the child, but as their attraction grows, someone from the past appears, complicating their relationship.

Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.

When Christian, an online friend, posts a lot of nasty comments on her page, Lara tries to kill herself--but that is only the beginning of the backlash for her sister, Sydney; her former friend Bree; and her classmates.

The single mother of a mixed-race college student and a thriving business owner with a troubled daughter clash over a historic oak tree on their property line and the blossoming romance between their children.