Calvin is ten, and it's Christmas. He comes home one day to find that his parents aren't home from their jobs yet. So while waiting, hes watches a cooking show. A cookie cooking show. He makes a Cookie Book for his parents, but they are so busy with their own things, they don't really notice.
Calvin is invited by the best kids on his hockey team to play with them in the three-on-three hockey tournament, but his best friend, Perry, already wants to play with him (and he's not very good at hockey).
There were well over half a dozen main characters, but probably the two most closely followed by the author were Carrie—a ten year old girl who has to move to Nevada from New Jersey because of a divorce, and Milla—mother-less daughter of Devon, who takes care of wild horses after they are rounded up. Carrie and Milla become friends as the story takes a magical turn involving the Calico Mountains, quilts, meditation, Calico Horses, and these random squares of calico that seemingly fall from the sky.
A Horse Named Viking is about a Danish Warmblood colt, Viking, whose dam (mom), Carpia, was put down because she defended her foal against Ulrik, a drunken groom (stable boy) who attacked them. Viking was not yet weaned at the time, and after Carpia’s death, Viking stops eating and nearly dies. When he recovers he is sold by Kurt, his owner. After Viking has been passed through several owners and a top-class sale barn, he is bought by Anne O’Neil, an American Olympic/Grand Prix (the highest level of dressage) rider who bought him as a last resort.
Tea and Dark Chocolate is a book of whimsical children's stories. Mostly, these stories are narrated by cats, and we see the thoughts of these ferocious felines.
