Pam Conrad

Louisa's life in a loving pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie is altered by the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful, tragically frail wife.

Young Rooster thinks his Gift is making the sun rise, until one morning when the sun rises without him.

Six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York.

When the Tub Child discovers his missing grandfather asleep under the radiator, the whole Tub family rallies to wake him up.

The frightened Tub People witness Santa's visit on Christmas Eve, and even though they do not understand what is happening, they become beautiful ornaments on the Christmas tree.