Three treasured novels in paperback--"Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie", and "On the Banks of Plum Creek"--shrink-wrapped together in a beautifully designed package.

    Almost nowhere in fiction is there a stranger, dearer, or funnier family -- and the life that the members of The Animal Family live together, there in the wilderness beside the sea, is as extraordinary and as enchanting as the family itself.

    You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. What do you mean you're a participle in the school play and you need a costume? Those rotten kids. If only they'd let me wake up in my own way. Why do they have to line up along my bed and stare at me like Moby Dick just washed up onto a beach somewhere?"

    The friendship of Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse blossoms when they find something they both like to do.

    She can go without a coat or hat or boots the very first warm day ... even if it snows again later. ..." "Child Study Association of America: 'Utterly enchanting.'"

    Brownie walks the children to school, goes to the bank with Mrs. Butterworth, and even helps Mrs. Tweedy rake her yard. But when night comes, everyone goes home except for Brownie. He doesn't have a home to go to because everyone thinks he's somebody else's dog! In this new edition of a beloved story, a community comes together to share a dog that is loved by all.

    Highlights include Songs from the Y’an Dynasty, The Temptation of Saint Pigsy by Wu Ch’eng-en, a selection from Peony Pavilion, early Ch’ing lyrics, and “Six Chapters” from A Floating Life by Shen Fu.

    Eight stories of Anglo-Saxon times when raiders came from the North, and Paganism and Christianity struggled for recognition.