Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author.

A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

The adventures of best friends Frog and Toad, including Frog's suffering a bad cold and Toad's embarrassment over his unflattering bathing suit, are accompanied by material on the origins of books in the "I Can Read" series.

Little Critter invites readers to explore his town and discover where everyone works and plays.

Nancy's failure to pay attention gets her into trouble when she bakes cupcakes for the school bake sale.

The Alden children find a hidden cave in the old woodshed, resolve the problems that have plagued the Alden farm and patch up the misunderstanding between Aunt Jane and Andy Bean.

An old dog's friendly persistence slowly convinces a young boy to take him home.

The Boxcar Children are vacationing on an uninhabited South Seas island, but soon suspect that someone else may be there too-- someone who may not want them around!

A little boy fills his sound box with many words that begin with the letter "s".

When a rainstorm prevents Nancy and her best friend, Robert, from getting to the planetarium the night of a class field trip, she has a brilliant idea for making things better.