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When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

After Mercy the pig spends the night in the Watson's bed, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor and it is up to Mercy to save them.

Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.

The Just-So Woman, who likes to have everything just right, learns an important lesson from her neighbor, the Any-Way Man.

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Ivy and Bean decide to be good, kind, and pure of thought in the hopes that the wild animals will befriend them, but when their plan doesn't work, they decide sometimes it's good to be a little bad.

Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.

Mr. Putter and Tabby go to their neighbor's house to make soup, but Zeke the dog makes it very difficult for them.

Sophie is startled to discover that her new neighbors have tentacles and fangs, but when she learns that her mother has invited them to dinner Sophie must be brave and face them, even if they really are monsters.

With their move back to Ohio getting closer and a summer full of pranks and competitions with the Hartford boys ending, the Malloy girls decide they want to prove they are in charge and try to pull off one last trick.

Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.

Three afternoons a week, Brandon reluctantly stays with his imaginative classmate, Hannah, and her oversized cat, Buttercup, playing games, but their adventures really begin when the dreaded Sunderland triplets from next door try to steal Buttercup.

Heron and Turtle take a walk, have a surprise lunch, and spend a nice evening on the lake, enjoying each other's company despite their differences.

Because Nora and her brother live in an apartment, personal privacy, making friends, and finding places to play are sometimes a problem.