"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...

In a bakery on the eve of Nochebuena, sugar figurines come to life and a cake catastrophe is averted.

"Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac...

"A todo el mundo le gustan los panecillos y la pastelería de Walter el panadero, especialmente al Duque y la Duquesa. Pero un desafortunado accidente obliga a Walter a sustituir agua por leche para sus panecillos dulces y los indignados Duque y Duquesa le imponen un desafío: o crea un panecillo sabroso a través del cual el sol brille tres veces o será desterrado del reino. Walter tendrá que abandonar su hogar para siempre? Con buen humor y sus...

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Bliss must use her magical baking skills to escape when she is kidnapped by the owner of the Mostess Snack Cake Corporation.

Twelve-year-old Wini and Kal, two young enchanters from different magical families, team up to save their small town from a love spell gone wrong, which one of them cast. Wini's family of enchanters runs a little bakery, but with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save her family's business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell that would allow them to gather their own supply of their...

"On Mavin Road, there's no time for hellos or chats--until a lonely and mysterious cookie maker's gifts bring everyone together"--

"Leonora Logrǫo s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. Leo hopes that this might be the year that she gets to help prepare for the big celebration but, once again, she is told she s too young. Sneaking out of school and down to the bakery, she discovers that her mother, aunt,...

Macy's little sister has wings that are too small, so Eva's class decides to raise money to buy her a flying chair, and half the class opens a bakery, and the other half opens a candy store--but soon competition between the two stores becomes more important than their goal, and Eva needs to convince the other owls that they will collect more money if everyone works as a team.

"Pre-Level 1 readers will enjoy this collection of five whimsical tales about Alice, her friends, and the wonderful world of Alice's Wonderland Bakery. Based on episodes of the Disney Junior animated series, these adorable stories cater to readers in training and are sure to entertain"--Provided by publisher.