The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Wedgie, a Corgi superhero.

Katie and her friends Pedro and JoJo disagree over which season of the year is the best.

As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.

A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

The class bully loves to tease Katie Woo until she decides to ignore him.

"A boy makes a connection with a plum tree after moving to a new home"--

Katie Woo and her parents help their new neighbor, Mr. Kenji, to prepare for his final test to become a nurse.

Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa.