A homeless little dog finds supper at one house, a comfortable couch at a second, and breakfast at a third.

Mr. Putter's neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, decides that they should join a band, but finding the right one isn't as easy as it sounds--for them or their pets.

From the bestselling author of Julia's Chocolates and Henry's Sisters, comes a humorous, hopeful novel about two broken families. Set in Huntington Beach, California, in 1979, the O'Briens and Rossis become next-door neighbors, and life is never the same again. Inspired by Cathy Lamb's childhood, Ten Kids, Two Lovebirds, and a Singing Mermaid is a funny, sweet story about life-changing pies and Slip 'N Slides, swearing parrots and sunny days, and...

The White Elephant looms large over the quaint suburban town of Willard Park: a gaudy, newly constructed behemoth of a home, it soars over the neighborhood, dwarfing the houses that surround it. When owner Nick Cox cuts down Allison and Ted Millers' precious red maple-in an effort to make his unsightly property more appealing to buyers-their once serene town becomes a battleground. While tensions between Ted and Nick escalate, other dysfunctions abound:...

When they attempt to socialize their reclusive neighbor, a young couple awakens a terrible force.

It looks like a familiar story: A woman reeling from a great loss with too much time on her hands and too much booze in her glass watches her neighbors, sees things she shouldn't see, and starts to suspect the worst. But looks can be deceiving... Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to her family's lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she passes...

When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.

Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.

A cat who lives on Blossom Street is called something different by everyone, and loved by all, but there is one house on the street that he hasn't visited yet.