Jacqueline Rogers

Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.

When Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the Mountain View Inn, Ralph decides that he'd better take his motorcycle and leave. He persuade his young pal Ryan to take him to school, where Ralph is an instant hit with Ryan's classmates. But Ralph doesn't like being told what to do. Worse than that, his precious motorcycle gets broken.

Hannah and Becky are show jumping rivals, although Becky's Appaloosa, Stormy, is not as good at it as Hannah's horse, until one day an injury means Hannah cannot ride, and she begins to take an interest in Becky's efforts to train Stormy.

Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works.

While helping out at Fox Creek Farm, three girls try to find a way to pay for a new winter blanket needed by a Percheron horse that is new to the stables.

When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.

A pointer dog puppy helps a mother turkey figure out how to protect her eggs from being stolen.

Fourth-grader Cal learns a lot about teasing and standing up for others when a weird new student joins his class, while Stella, the tenth-grader who lives with Cal's family to help his mother, practices for her driving test.

Calvin tries to earn money to buy Stella, the babysitter, a present for her sixteenth birthday because he feels guilty for taking advantage of her allergy to cats.

Fourth-grader Calvin flies from Oahu to the big island of Hawaii to go on a deep-sea fishing trip with Ledward, his mother's boyfriend, and learns to appreciate other living creatures-- especially one enormous marlin.