Describes the home, school, amusements, customs, work, and day-to-day life of ten-year-old Andrea and her family living in a small village south of Oslo.
Text and photographs present the home, work, school, recreation, and day-to-day activities of the Finnsson family who lives on a farm near Reykjavik, Iceland.
Presents the life of Porfirio, an Aymara Indian, who lives with his family on an island in Lake Titicaca, and discusses Bolivia's ethnic groups, religion, government, education, industry, geography, and history.
Suzanne is delighted when her Great-Aunt Deidra leaves her Newfoundland, Beatrice, to Suzanne's mother, but Beatrice is old, slow, and has serious stomach issues which Suzanne and Anna must try to fix before Dad sends another dog away.
When their naughty cat disappears while being disciplined for bringing home the head of the vicar's most expensive koi carp, three siblings suspect a kidnapping and start an investigation.