Jacqueline Rogers

While the text tells the story of Jesus' birth, pictures show a group of spirited children preparing the their annual Christmas play.

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.

Henry Huggins gets carried away with his own ambitions when he longs for a paper route of his own, and gets some unexpected help from the irrespressible and inescapable Ramona Quimby.

"Lucy's letter to Henry Bigg could get the whole family in trouble. Tom has to get the letter back!"

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.