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Audiobooks Narrated by Natalie Ross
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In this life, some people keep you on your toes - just like Mother Nature, who is warm one day and snowy the next! Cody's brother, Wyatt, has started wearing collared shirts because his girlfriend, Payton, likes them. Pearl has joined the soccer team with Madison, and that's all she can talk about. Spencer is creating a mysterious museum under GG's porch and is never around to play. And Spencer's mom doesn't look any different - could she really have a baby growing inside her? Maybe the baby is like Cody's beloved pet ants, waiting patiently inside the earth for spring to arrive.
Join Cody on her fourth adventure as she navigates changing seasons and friendships with her characteristic enthusiasm and charm.
In Cody’s life, many things are hard to predict. Like when Dad will get home or why her older brother, Wyatt, is obsessed with a new bicycle called the Cobra. Or why her friend Pearl suddenly wants to trade favorite toys.
Pearl says she will trust Cody with Arctic Fox because Cody is a trusty person. But Cody doesn’t want to give up her beloved Gremlin and regrets it as soon as she hands him over.
When the Cobra goes missing and the Meen sisters start borrowing from Cody’s best friend, Spencer, without asking, Cody has to decide for herself who is trusty and who is not. If only she had Gremlin to talk to! Surely Pearl wouldn’t mind if she secretly traded back. . . .
Cody knows there are many mysteries in the big, wide universe. Like why it hurts so bad to get stung by a yellow jacket and how some things can only be seen with a microscope. Or the exact moment when her best friend, Spencer, will finally arrive with his parents and move into her neighborhood for good!
But the biggest mystery of all may just be Mr. Meen, Grandma Grace's next-door neighbor. No one has ever seen him, and when a "Welcome Home" sign appears in his window, Cody and Spencer can hardly wait to see who shows up.
Whether wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, Callie Vee and her escapades will have readers laughing and crying in this return to Fentress, Texas. Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the animals her brother includedaway from her mother's critical eye. Will she succeed?
Middle-grade listeners drawn to Judy Moody or Clementine will find a funny and charismatic new companion in Cody, star of a delightful new series. For whimsical Cody, many things are beautiful, especially ants who say hello by rubbing feelers. But nothing is as beautiful as the first day of summer vacation, and Cody doesn't want to waste one minute of it. Meanwhile, teenage brother Wyatt is moping over a girl, Mom is stressed about her new job selling shoes, Dad is off hauling chairs in his long-distance truck, and even camp has been closed for the summer. What to do? Just when all seems lost, Cody bumps into a neighborhood boy named Spencer who is looking for a runaway cat. Good thing Cody is an expert at finding runaway cats. Now it's Cody to the rescue!
More than anything, Weezie wants to please her momma. She babysits her spoiled half-sister, Ruth Ann, and little Jackson. She makes tea for Momma in Gramma Emmeline’s beautiful teapot. She even tries to cook dinner. But nothing turns out quite right. Momma is never pleased. If only Weezie could find her daddy, she’s sure her life would be happier. Tired of making up stories about a father who ran off before she was born, Weezie teams up with her bike-riding buddy, Calvin, and new friend, Louella, to find her mysterious missing father. Does he drive a truck? Sing country and western songs? Why, her real daddy might even be better than the made-up daddy she’s been telling lies about at school! Now, all she has to do is find him. Jean Van Leeuwen’s poignant, powerful novel introduces a feisty heroine whose brave search proves even a life missing important pieces can be chock full of things that matter.
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Strawberries - big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud.
The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot of time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life - all you have to do is look through a microscope! As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and learns just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century. Debut author Jacqueline Kelly deftly brings Callie and her family to life, capturing an unusual year with unique sensitivity and wit.
