He took long trips across the ocean in his ship. From her window Mary waved good-by when he sailed away, and she waved hello to him when came sailing back. Six times he came back with a doll for Mary, so she had six dolls from six different countries. One for each day of the week but Sunday. A dollmaker crafts a seventh doll for her and she must wait for seven days for her new doll to be finished. Oh, will it be a surprise!

    The children share in a life of hard work and poverty. A revealing tale of life among the sharecroppers, tenants, and farm-owners in cotton country.

    Peter Peabody Pepperell, who has shrunk to a tiny size, takes off on an adventure on the back of his seagull friend Gus.

    Having been abandoned in the attic for years, Flora McFlimsey is given new life on Christmas Eve.

    Even sweet William, the enormous yellow cat, pricks up his ears.

    When his older brother is lost at sea just before Christmas, ten-year-old Erkki works secretly to make special presents for all the members of his family.

    Follows the activities of the five lively du Frocq children and their parents on Guernsey in the English Channel in the late 1800s.

    At least it's friendly until Judy has to make a choice between her nice new friend, and the other girls in her club.