Nelly Custis was the granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband. She was adopted by George and Martha at the age of four and grew up at Mount Vernon.

In the fourth volume of her history Laura and the Ingalls family move to Minnesota and live in a dugout on the banks of Plum Creek.

The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.

Six short stories, mainly about young children, verging on nonsense.

The Wayne family are early pioneers in Indiana, settling at Smiling Hill Farm in 1817.

The Swallows are invited to sail in Goblin with Jim Brady. When a fog comes up and the skipper doesn’t return and the rising tide starts the anchor to dragging, suddenly they find themselves outside Harwich Harbor, passing the Beach End buoy an... View More

Karin Kincaid goes to stay with her grandmother and uncle on the island of Eday off the north coast of Scotland. She learns to sail and searches for a lost Viking treasure.

Mr. Smith buys an airplane, learns to fly, and takes his family, including the dogs, up in the air.

Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.

Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.

A story of children living in Bermuda.

Belinda and her father take to the road in a house trailer

A story of the early republic where a young orphan is indentured.

Four children on a seaside holiday in Cornwall.

When their parents don’t return from a trip to Switzerland, the five Dunnet children have to fend for themselves.

When a young woman is accused of theft, her four friends rally 'round to solve this Tennessee mountain mystery.

A story about the O’Sullivans, an Irish family with four children, living along the shore of Bantry Bay.

The Hunterly children bet their aunt they can make their way to the Oxus in twenty-four hours with only thirty shillings. The ponies are glad to see them.

Four children and a goose head for the mountains for the summer.

When Judy’s grandmother dies, she is thrown on her own resources and decides to go into business for herself.