Van Leeuwen, Jean

When they hear that Mrs. Farmer is making soup, all the frightenened chickens run for their lives, but Mr. Farmer finds Little Chickie, who has a bad cold, and he takes her to the kitchen for some nice hot vegetable soup.

Two brothers who cannot apologize to each other extend their feud down through their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

When Grandmother Pig comes for a visit, Oliver and Amanda learn just how much fun it is to have a grandmother in the house.

For almost nine-year-old Hannah Perley of Fairfield, Connecticut, growing up means facing new challenges, both great and small--from saving the life of a baby lamb to helping the family prepare to send her brother Ben to join the colonial soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.

When Amanda Pig has her first loose tooth, she is reluctant to pull it.

Oliver and Amanda Pig's Halloween activities include making their costumes, getting a pumpkin for a jack-o'-lantern, and going trick-or-treating.

Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up with his own contribution to the festivities.

Amanda Pig and her friend Lollipop share fun times at each other's houses and experience their very first sleepover party.

Amanda Pig's first day of school is every bit as wonderful as she always hoped it would be.

Amanda the pig sees monsters at night, but her parents and her brother find different ways to convince her that there are no monsters.