humorous fiction

The world of horses and horse racing is experienced by Rosalind Maybrick, an owner; Tiffany Morse, a racing fan; as well as a host of jockeys, managers, and trainers as they care for the horses in their charge.

Francis "Spud" Pinkham learns a valuable lesson in what it means to be good after his arch rival Robert J. Cutler, the town's "Golden Boy" dies in an auto accident and Francis hopes to pick up his mantle.

A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.

Thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago in 1893 to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.

During summer vacation in 1898, J. D. arrives at a means of reforming his older brother, the Great Brain, and ending his career as a swindler.

After getting blamed when Sally May's car ends up in a snowdrift, Hank suspects that this is another plot by Pete the Barncat to get him in trouble.

While Slim and Loper are away from the ranch for three days, Hank suffers from the bumblebee sting.

Hank the Cowdog uses his keen detective skills to find the ruffian responsible for digging holes in Sally May's garden.

When he gets blamed for one of Eddy the raccoon's tricks that backfires, Hank's search for the missing Eddy leads him and his sidekick Drover to a haunted house.