Small Bear outgrows the bed his father made him when he was a baby--and none too soon.

Froggy hoped for a brother to play with so he is disappointed with his new baby sister, Pollywogilina, but only until she is old enough to start learning from her big brother.

Beatrice doesn't like books or libraries until on one forced visit to the library with her brother she discovers the children's room.

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.

Max and his sister Ruby go on an egg hunt and vie with each other for the prize--a chocolate chicken.

Max and Ruby spend so much on emergencies while shopping for Grandma's birthday presents that they just barely have enough money left for gifts.

Recounts four adventures of Annie, her big brother Simon, and their dog Hazel.

Hazel sets out to prove that she, not her baby brother, is the worst monster anywhere.

Little Critter and Little sister and their dog play out in the snow and make snowball soup.

Thankful for the one thing she can do that her big sister Henrietta can't, Barbara Ann panics when she realizes she has gotten too big for it--but only for a moment.