Van Leeuwen, Jean

Amanda Pig, her brother Oliver, and their parents share a busy day, working and playing together from breakfast to bedtime.

In 1779 in Fairfield, Connecticut, Hannah and her family try to maintain a sense of normalcy as the Revolutionary War rages around them, threatening to destroy their way of life.

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.

A close-knit pioneer family carves out a new home amidst the densely forested land of Ohio in the early nineteenth century.

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.

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

Benny is not pleased when his new baby sister, Delilah, arrives at his house.

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

Amanda Pig and her best friend Lollipop enjoy playing make-believe and having sleep-overs.

A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.