From Carolyn Haywood, author of the beloved Betsy series, here are four more classics for young readers. These adorable stories of childhood adventures are as fresh today as when they were written more than a half century ago. And now, thanks to dynamic new covers, they're ready to charm a whole new generation of readers.
When Teddy and Babs move to the country from the big city, they're in for a lot of good times. They become best friends with Peter and Jane, and together the four children explore country life--complete with cows and chickens, a real circus pony, and a barnyard chase with a very muddy end!
Six-year-old Teddy and four-year-old Babs move from the city to the country.
Lovely . . . [A] delightful story of family doings, country life, and vacation fun. --The Christian Science Monitor
Floppy Ears and Whiskers
Timothy Edward was six years old. He was named Timothy after his great-grandfather Baker and Edward after his great-grandfather Robinson. Great-grandfather Baker always called him Timothy and great-grandfather Robinson always called him Edward, but everybody else called him Teddy.
Teddy had a little sister who was four years old. Her name was Sarah Elizabeth. She was named Sarah after her great-grandmother Baker and Elizabeth after her great-grandmother Robinson, but everybody called her Babs because she was the baby.
Teddy and Babs lived in a big city that was full of high buildings very close together. They lived with their daddy and mother in a big building that, Teddy said, wasn't so very high. Babs said, No, but it isn't so very low. It was called an apartment house.
Teddy and Babs didn't live in the whole house but in a little part of it behind a door that had 11 A painted on the outside. 11 meant that it was on the eleventh floor and A meant that the Robinsons lived there and not in 11 B where Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins lived and not in 11 C where lC†