""Whimsy and depression have rarely been so purely and movingly juxtaposed. Sometimes humorous, often harrowing, always compassionate."--Elle magazine on My Depression -- Former child prodigy and rich-girl kleptomaniac, Ester--renamed into the gentile Carleen for her own protection--is incarcerated after a botched heist. For two decades, time is the enemy. Her twenties and thirties crawl by in stifling isolation. When finally let loose onto the streets...

When their neighbor Mrs. Teaberry hurts her foot, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby agree to walk her dog for a week, not knowing what they are in for.

Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.

Count the dogs as Lyle the crocodile's dog walking business grows.

Even though Missy Piggle-Wiggle is preoccupied with repairing her Upside-Down House that was damaged in a storm, she always finds time to administer her magical cures that rid children in Little Spring Valley of their unwanted habits and misbehavior.

Meet third-grader Grace Stewart, who gets stuck with the name "Just Grace" when she tries to distinguish herself from the three other Graces in her class. Grace is plenty different, though. She has a "teeny-tiny superpower," for instance--she can tell if someone is unhappy and often tries to fix it. But sometimes her good intentions backfire... Join Just Grace as she deals with a missing cat, a new neighbor, and more in this delightfully funny three-book....

Offers two novellas and a number of short stories--some of which feature the author's popular character, Inspector Alan Banks--in a collection that explores the disparate motives that move people to harm one another.

After a small setback, Mr. Putter and his favorite companions enjoy the best train ride of their lives.

From brushing our teeth to walking the dog, we take on responsibilities all the time. Philosophers have long discussed responsibility. Ancient thinkers focused on how we should behave. Later philosophers wondered why we do what we do. Today's scientists suggest we have far less control over our actions than we realize. Am I Responsible for My Actions? travels around the world and into our brains to ask Big Questions about how we create our own lives...