"Libby and her great-aunt, Lobo, both learn the Pledge of Allegiance--Libby for school, and Lobo for her U.S. citizenship ceremony"--

Manda's Aunt Ruby helps her to deal with some angry feelings by making lists of all the things that they like in the world.

When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.

Anna's Great-great Aunt Olga saves old Christmas postcards and shares them with Anna one day, as she teaches her how to write Christmas poems.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncles who live far away in China.

Henry is fascinated by the bees his Aunt Lilla cares for and he would love to help, but she says he must wait until he is older.

Sara and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes, and stories about hats when they visit their favorite relative, Aunt Flossie.

When the klutzy Amy Audrey Perkins is as good as gold at Aunt Linda's wedding her relatives are so surprised that they have an accident.

Tia Isa and her niece try to save enough money to buy a car to take the whole family to the beach.