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.

The adventures of Eddie as he gets a job in a pet shop and acquires a hat that soon becomes one of his most prized possessions.

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

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

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

The summer Eddie and his friend start a dog portrait business, he holds the subject and she paints the portrait, often with disastrous results.

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