Amanda Pig and her family and friends try to find different ways to beat the heat.

Four stories about Amanda and Oliver Pig and their parents, who go outside to play after a big snowstorm.

For almost nine-year-old Hannah Perley of Fairfield, Connecticut, growing up means facing new challenges, both great and small--from saving the life of a baby lamb to helping the family prepare to send her brother Ben to join the colonial soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.

A 17-year-old minister's daughter who feels her world is crashing down suffers an emotional breakdown which eventually forces her to make some difficult decisions.