family

Laura Ingalls and her sisters share many adventures while growing up on the American frontier.

Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.

Eight-year-old Mallory feels left out when her older brother, Max, gets a dog that becomes the center of attention.

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

Literal-minded even as a child, Amelia Bedelia muddles through Valentine's Day with her heart on her sleeve, trying to make sense of strange greetings at school and home, and ever on the look-out for the arrows of Cupid.

Matthew cannot resist the temptation to play practical jokes on his older sister and all the girls in his class at school, so by the time of the big party for his eleventh birthday they have all declared war on him.

Little Critter's generally bad day has a happy ending when his father comes home from work with a surprise.

When they travel by train across America, Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa find themselves facing mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and treacherous tunnels.

While trying to hide an incriminating report card and dodge meddling siblings, fifth-grade twins Hunter and Zack set out to save their town from a diabolical dentist who is planning to blow it to smithereens.

The Boxcar Children, spending the summer at Mystery Ranch with the Aunt Jane, try to help when their friend Mike Wood's house burns down and he is blamed for starting the fire.