Auch, Mary Jane

Rodney is relieved to find out that his new baby brother's cries are loud enough to frighten any monster away from their bedroom.

Pauline the hen lays unusual eggs, but Mrs. Pennywort, her owner, thinks they're beautiful, and she and Pauline work together to open an Easter egg farm.

Clara the duck is so impatient to discover the farm animals' secret of Christmas that she puts herself in danger and almost misses the party.

Tired of the bragging of Percival the peacock, Poulette convinces the other hens in the barnyard that they can outperform the boastful bird in a ballet she creates.

Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.

An out-of-work princess applies to become the bride of Prince Drupert, but first she must pass several tests, including a cooking contest.

In 1815, while traveling by covered wagon to settle in the wilderness of western New York, eleven-year-old Mem experiences a flood and separation from her family.

The sudden and shocking revelation that Katy's mother was adopted estranges the two of them from the Whitmarsh family and sends them on a search for their "real" family, forcing Katy to adjust to bizarre but intriguing new relatives.

When twelve-year-old Ben moves with his family to a town on the shore of Lake Ontario he finds a friend who seems to be a witch and who helps him meet the problems associated with his moving and with his stormy relationships with his father and big sister.

An eleven-year-old adopted child realizes that being an only child has its advantages when her mother becomes pregnant after years of sterility.