Carolyn Haywood

Betsy and her fourth-grade friends discover football.

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

During World War II, seven-year-old Merry Primrose Ramsay is sent from England to live with relatives in the United States, where, despite missing her parents and feeling homesick, she has many adventures while going to school and learning to fish and knit.

Follows the adventures of six-year-old William, an adopted boy nicknamed Penny for his copper-colored hair, as he attends a Halloween party, adopts kittens, and finds an older brother to join his family.

Betsy and her sister Star are delighted to be snowbound only a week before Christmas. In their adventures they are joined by Neddie and Susan, refugees from the snowstorm.

Deciding that his sleigh is too old to use for delivering presents, Santa Claus gets a helicopter but finds after several mishaps that his sleigh and reindeer are still the most reliable transportation.