While staying with their aunt for a year, three nine-year-old cousins keep busy baking and selling cookies, putting on a poetry and singing performance, and trying to encourage a romance between their aunt and one of their former customers.

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel?Missing May?received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Visit her at CynthiaRylant.com.Wendy Anderson Halperin?is an acclaimed artist who has illustrated dozens of books for children, including?Let’s Go Home?by Cynthia Rylant,?Soft House?by Jane Yolen, and?Turn, Turn, Turn!?by Peter Seeger. She lives in South Haven, Michigan.