The Alden children, snowbound in a vacation cabin, discover adventure in surrounding wild life, three children they find in the snow, and a search for a lost recipe.

While helping his family make ends meet durung the Great Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.

When World War I breaks out, nine-year-old Anna thinks of a way to save her family's beloved New York City doll repair shop. Includes brief author's note about the history of the Madame Alexander doll, a glossary, and timeline.

Renting a lighthouse is unusual, but even more so is an unfriendly boy's peculiar behavior.