Follows the escapades of Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger, four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside.

Nana visits her grandson, who sets out to share with her all the lovely things the country has to offer.

"Two children notice all the beautiful colors that surround them on a rainy summer day out in the country"--Provided by publisher.

Maybelle, Jack, and Eddie want to help Ma by putting something extra on the table, so they set out in the dark to take potatoes from a nearby field, but when they arrive home and empty their potato sacks, they are surprised by what they see.

On a short winter day, Samuel and his father enter into a series of trades with neighbors and strangers until they come home with a brown-eyed milk cow for Mama.

"When Becket and her twin brother, Nicholas, adopt new pets from the local shelter, Becket's dream dog turns out to be a super-shy scaredy-pooch, and Nicholas's cat is more outgoing and attention-seeking than he was expecting"--Provided by publisher.

Anna Hibiscus is going to Grandmother and Grandfather's village. They travel by bus through plantations, farms, and even the rain forest! Life in the village has changed very little, but Anna Hibiscus might just do something about that!

In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.