As Frances helps her grandmother with New Year's Day dinner, Grandma teaches her the origins of the different dishes and soul food they prepare together. Includes a recipe for Fay's Fabulous Pralines.

Susan the duck has the worst luck. Her rollerskates are two sizes too big. She's lost her favorite marble. And she's run out of pickles. But with each unfortunate discovery, Wolf shows up with a gift she's won. Her luck has turned around . . . hasn't it? Come see just how lucky Susan is, in this slyly funny story about finding luck when you least expect it.