Mom was right. Your best friends are the ones around the dinner table each night. Much-loved storyteller Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter Family books have captured the hearts of millions who have come to think of the Baxter family as their own. Now Karen Kingsbury and her son Tyler Russell tell the childhood stories of the beloved Baxter children—Brooke, Kari, Ashley, Erin, and Luke—to inspire and entertain younger readers. Brooke is the perfect older sister. For that reason, Kari and Ashley work hard to make their parents just as proud of them as they are of Brooke. Each girl has her own talents. Brooke is an excellent student. Kari is a great soccer player. Ashley, a talented artist. And they are always there for each other. But when the news comes that Dr. Baxter is moving the family from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Bloomington, Indiana, and the Baxters need to leave the only home and friends they’ve ever known, no one is happy. Saying goodbye is hard but the family still has what’s most important—their faith and their love for each other. In the first book in the Baxter Family Children series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell tell the story of what it was like to grow up in the Baxter family, the best family ever.

At one point, maybe even soon, Michigan would be a beautiful memory. Part of the past. And then Ashley would see Bloomington not only as a place where they lived. But as the most wonderful home ever. Much-loved storyteller Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter Family books have captured the hearts of tens of millions of readers who have come to think of the Baxter family as their own. Now Karen Kingsbury and her son Tyler Russell inspire and entertain young readers by going back in time to tell the childhood stories of the beloved Baxter children—Brooke, Kari, Ashley, Erin, and Luke. In Finding Home, Dad begins his important position at an Indiana hospital, and like it or not, Bloomington is the Baxter Family’s new home. As school starts, everyone finds reasons to be excited about the move. Everyone, that is, except Ashley. Brooke joins the middle-school orchestra, Kari finds adventurous friends on the swim team, and Erin and Luke spend hours exploring a stream behind their new house. The Baxter children even discover a new meeting place in their backyard-a hidden giant rock. Still, Ashley struggles. But then she realizes her siblings have their struggles too. Finally, the Baxter children share their feelings at the rock, and something unexpected happens, something that shocks Ashley. At the same time, Ashley wonders if unlikely friends can be the best friends of all. And could time and love from her family be enough to make a house feel like home? The second book in the Baxter Family Children series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell tells the funny and poignant tale of the Baxter children finding home!

To the rest of the world: We, the Baxter Children . . . promise here and now to never grow up! The Baxter family has settled in after the move to Bloomington, and now they are counting the days till a much-anticipated local meteor shower. They love their house, their rooms, their new teachers, and their classmates. Then Ms. Nan assigns Kari's class an essay entitled "What will you do when you grow up?" Kari is panicked. She has no idea what she'll do. Does she need to know now, while she's still in sixth grade? Her exploration turns up a few funny moments, but nothing for her paper. Ashley's field day and, later, her pumpkin patch fiasco help lighten the mood, and the school talent show is a diversion, but still Kari has no answers. What will she do? At the same time, Ashley is cast as Wendy in the fifth-grade performance of Peter Pan, which gives her an idea. Maybe she and her siblings can sign a pledge to never grow up at all! The third book in the beloved New York Times bestselling Baxter Family Children Story series tells a reassuring story about the joys and challenges of growing up and the reminder that—like a meteor—time never lasts long enough. Better to enjoy it while the trail of its light is still streaking across the night sky.

In the fourth book in Karen Kingsbury’s and Tyler Russell’s beloved series about the Baxter children, Kari and Ashley go through the ups and downs of summer camp. School science camp is a few weeks away, but Ashley and Kari Baxter have very different feelings about going. With the help of their siblings, Kari and Ashley prepare for wild experiments and the challenges of the great outdoors, and together they learn what it means to plan for an experience they won’t forget. In the process, all five Baxter Children learn how to make new friends and that adventure awaits in the everyday. They just have to look for it!

In the fifth book in Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell’s beloved series about the Baxter children, when things don’t turn out according to plan, the siblings must stick together and remember who they are. Things are changing in Bloomington for the Baxters. When Ashley’s teacher, Mr. Garrett, takes a month off work for the birth of his baby, the intimidating Ms. Stritch takes his place. Ashley tries but can’t seem to crack the new teacher’s tough exterior. Meanwhile, Brooke struggles when a popular girl excludes her at lunch, Erin adjusts to getting glasses, and when Kari is given a dance solo for the upcoming recital, she takes her success a little too seriously. When Principal Bond announces a new Character Awards initiative, competition breaks out between siblings and friends, until the students forget the point of the awards. Through it all, the town prepares for a major blizzard that Luke worries will cancel his class’s field trip to see the Harlem Globetrotters. With so many obstacles in their lives, the Baxter Children have the opportunity to remember what being Baxters really means.