Estes, Eleanor

While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.

The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.

When the Pye family's puppy, Ginger, disappears on Thanksgiving Day, the children are convinced that he has been adbucted by a stranger in a yellow hat.

Ten-year-old Marianna desperately wants a Christmas tree but her mother refuses to be "like every Tom-Dick-and-Harry.".

While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.

Janey, the middle Moffat, is always in the middle of the fun and has many interesting situations.

In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.

Jane Moffat decides to open a family museum in the barn behind the little grey house at Twelve Ashbellows Place in Cranbury, Connecticut.

Janey, the middle Moffat, has an imagination that leads her into many difficulties.

In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.