One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are orphans. Determined to make it on their own, they set out to find a safe place to live. They discover an old, red boxcar that provides shelter from a storm. Against all odds, they make it into their home-and become The Boxcar Children.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

Having worked all summer at keeping bunnies out of his garden, Mr. McGreely looks forward to a peaceful winter--if only he can keep those naughty bunnies from invading his home.

When its owners leave, a summer house comes alive with the sounds of a mouse nibbling crumbs in the fall, a cat taking shelter in the winter, and rain falling on the roof in the spring.

Asks readers to think about ways in which the natural world has provided for them, by exploring all the different elements of a house and where each came from, once.

A frog searches for a hole for himself, but all seem to be occupied until the last one, which is just right.

In 1927, Emily describes the ordering, arrival, and assembly of a mail-order house for her growing family.

An old house describes the way of life of the family that built it many years ago, and that of the one living in it today.