On one of her weekly journeys to Sugarloaf Peak Mrs. Badger, an avid collector and naturalist, meets Lulu, a small cat who wants to join Mrs. Badger on her travels.

Johnnie Kitchen is finally living her dream, attending college and writing a column for the local paper. She adores her husband Dale and chocolate Labrador Brother Dog, and they reside in a comfortable home in the small town of Portion in North Texas. Their three children are thriving and nearly grown. But Johnnie is rattled when her youngest boy Cade goes to fight in Afghanistan. The less frequent his emails, the more she frets for his safety. On...

A little boy describes how his parents' lives have become far more fun and adventurous since he was born.

"Where Goodness Still Grows dissects the moral code of American evangelicalism and puts it back together in a new way. Amy writes as someone intimately familiar with, fond of, and also deeply critical of the world of conservative evangelicalism. She writes as a woman and a mother, as someone invested in the future of humanity, and as someone who just needs to know how to teach her kids what it means to be good. She reimagines virtue as a tool, not...

Poky, a puppy who always lags behind, makes friends with a skunk called Herman, and when Herman's home is destroyed, Poky uses his Christmas gift to help him out.