Four orphans, two boys and two girls, set up housekeeping in an old boxcar.

Biscuit, a little puppy, and Sam, a big dog, play together despite their difference in size.

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny share a mysterious island for the summer with their grandfather.

Although excited at the prospect of a fancy class trip to the art museum, the bumpy bus ride to get there leaves Nancy feeling anything but fancy.

When too many barnyard friends climb in to go to town, Chuck's truck breaks down, but Handyman Hugh knows just what to do.

A young girl who uses fancy words and considers herself practically a poison ivy expert learns a valuable (and itchy) lesson about the plant after picking a bouquet of wildflowers in her backyard.

When Arnie is challenged to skateboard down a dangerous hill, he has to decide how far he is willing to go to be "cool."

Nancy is delighted that the new boy in her class is from Paris and sets out to become his friend, then discovers that this Parisian is not quite as fancy as she had thought.

New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings readers along for a fun and surprising adventure with Pete the Cat! In Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth, the tooth fairy asks Pete for some help. But it's not easy being the tooth fairy for Pete when a tooth goes missing-will he be able to find the lost tooth before it's too late? Beginning readers will love Pete's adventure as the tooth fairy in this My First I Can Read story, complete...

Henry, Jessie, Benny, and Violet Alden meet Mike Wood and a strange chain of events begins. Mike's house is mysteriously burned down, a man in a blue hat appears, and the Alden's uranium mine is in danger of being sabotaged. The four youngsters solve the mystery.