A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

Twelve-year-old Elizabeth resents being sent to stay on a small Maine island after the arrival of her new baby brother, but the time she spends with her artist grandmother and an unusual young neighbor help her to see things differently.

Introducing the delightful and inquisitive Bobbsey children - Bert and Nan, eight years old and dark and thin; and Freddie and Flossie, four years old and blond and plump - two sets of high-spirited twins living in Lakeport, U.S.A.

When her father disappears, leaving her in charge of her little brother, Eddie, Dee flees with him from Arizona to Canada, their birthplace and former home.