Describes a winterhouse built by Betsy's father and located in the basement where Betsy and her friends never have a dull moment.

When a school project leads Eddie and his friends to take up gardening they start off enthusiastically on the wrong foot.

Betsy, Billy, and their friends enjoy and learn from the many activities in the second grade.

Too late to be a candidate for class president, Eddie decides to be campaign manager for his friend.

Follows the adventures of six-year-old William, an adopted boy nicknamed Penny for his copper-colored hair, as he attends a Halloween party, adop

Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm.