Caroline wanted a gun but got a tea kettle. After she named it Maude (as the guns were named) she found it was more useful under some conditions than a gun.

Everybody in the pioneer town of Pigeon Roost knew what Caroline was going to be when she grew up. But Caroline, a girl with a mind of her own, has a goal--a goal just seven little words long. "I am going to be a doctor," she announces one day in school. The spunky heroine of Caroline and Her Kettle Named Maud will delight her old friends and win new in this funny, easy-to-read, adventure-filled sequel.

A curious raccoon growing up in the woods near a pioneer family's home becomes a member of the family when winter comes.

Eight-year-old Sarah Samantha may take only one treasure with her when her pioneer family moves from Ohio to Minnesota. Because she wants to win a bargain with her uncle, Sarah finally makes a most unusual choice.