Wendy Anderson Halperin

Nine-year-old cousins Rosie, Lily, and Tess spend their winter vacation learning to sew with their neighbor Mrs. White and preparing for a special winter solstice dinner with Aunt Lucy and her boyfriend Michael.

Although Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep's house, she feels homesick when she actually gets there, and so Auntie Zep retrieves the Secret Remedy Book from an old trunk.

As Daisy watches her parents thanking God everyday, she begins to look at everything around her and realizes she is also thankful for many things.

Shares the ways wind, water, and birds disperse seeds to create the wild garden.