Van Leeuwen, Jean

In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.

Meet the Pig family with Oliver, his sister Amanda and their parents. Everyday events are special with this loving family.

Emma Bean, a homemade toy rabbit, joins Molly at birth and shares her trials and triumphs as she grows from infant to little girl.

Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas.

A thirteen-year-old who suffers from several "beauty problems" improves her self-image after a brief summer romance.

During Oliver Pig's first day at school, he builds with blocks, plays with his toy dinosaur, and makes a new friend.