Starts with a girl's reasonably sized birthday list and how to respond when you don't get what you want. She thanks her grandma anyway, names the tree Lola and nurtures it. After some time, her little tree produces lemons which she squeezes into lemon juice, then sells at her lemonade stand, in order to buy whatever she wants.

A little girl makes lava with her grandmother.

Despite being small, grandma's house is the perfect place for everyone to meet.

Freda's gran teaches her that putting blueberries in jars saves them. So Freda thinks about all the things in life she wants to save.

Lola has a homework assignment to draw a picture about where she comes from, but she was young when she left and doesn't remember. So she asks family and friends their fondest island memories to help her complete her work.

This version of Little Red Riding Hood is set in Ghana and the trickster's name is Mr. Dog.