Washoe County Library System

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."

A houseful of relatives turns "Mrs. C." and Santa's Christmas into a string of surprises, from the arrival of a pet polar bear to Cousin James B.'s flaming plum pudding.

When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.

Text tells the story of the hard working dog, Muldoon- while the illustrations show the hilarious reality.

Dad asks Joey to help him make a cake with strange ingredients which keeps Joey guessing as to who this cake is for.

Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.

Everyday happenings in the life of the Moffat family, who lived in a yellow house on New Dollar Street. Grades 4-6.

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

When a new baby arrives, Truelove the dog must teach his family that there is enough love to go around.