from the back cover: Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks. They didn;t want a girl, but how can gthey send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. …
On Christmas Eve, the Gravenstein family stays for a few weeks in Valleby Hotel. They have a very valuable Japanese Apple Hound. The hotel personnel prepares a big traditional Christmas celebration, but soon the problems begin. The dog has dissapeared. Billy and Maya again has a tricky case to solve.
Frog and Toad are friends. They take walks together, they eat cookies together, they play games together - and sometimes, the things they do together are scary!
"Frog is lae," said Toad. "I am worried. What if he is being chased by a big animal with many sharp teeth?" Five funny stories about Frog and Toad - those two funny friends!
Nicky has freckles. They cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty. But how exatly do you get freckles?'
Jennifer has a diary. Iolanthe doesn't. What Iolanthe has are ideas. Zillions of ideas for stories are spilling out of her. But what she wants is Jennifer's diary.
Jack and Annie are magically transported to Ancient Greece to find greatness. Merlin's magic ring does not find greatness in the a young Alexander, the Great, but in Jack who tames the wild stallion.
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get an urgent call from Mrs. Davis. Her canary is gone! and that's not all. Three other pets have mysteriously disappeared including Ruth Rose's cat, Tiger! The kids are sure a pet-napper is to blame. They won't stop until they've tracked down the thief and returned the stolen pets to their rightful owners!
Everyone in Green Lawn is in a quake about the ducks that keep crossing River Road. Just when the town raises enough cash to build a special duck bridge, the money is stolen! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on a quest to find the culprint. But to catch their quarry, the kids will have to go wading....through quicksand!