Heide, Florence Parry

While stranded in a half-empty motel during a blizzard, the Spotlight Club detectives receive a mysterious phone call about a crime in the making.

The Spotlight Club detectives discover strange happenings and stage a thrilling rescue on a forgotten island in the north woods.

Interviews for a research project lead two teenagers to discover the secret of a desperate man.

When a new neighbor moves in next door, Ernest's mother, who always insists that he obey all the rules, encourages them to play together every day.

A list of scary things includes "roller skating down hill when you haven't learned how to stop, getting hugged by somebody you don't like, and finding out your best friend has a best friend who isn't you.".

A young hippopotamus worries that he is too big to be good at anything, but with the help of Aunt Emerald he learns that "You can always find something to be good at, you just have to find out what it is.".

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems, about monsters and their ilk.

Contains two stories: The shrinking of Treehorn, and Treehorn's treasure.

When Lucita's great-uncle Armando comes to live with them, he teaches her many truths about life.

Brief tales extolling the "virtues" of carelessness, greed, lying, selfishness, and other "admirable" qualities.