Carolyn Haywood

Betsy, Billy, and their friends enjoy and learn from the many activities in the second grade.

Betsy and her fourth-grade friends discover football.

"Whenever Penny and his adopted brother Peter decide to help their parents, they usually end up in trouble." --

After a particularly difficult Christmas Eve, Santa decides to retire, but when he sees his replacement, he changes his mind.

A tale of how Valentine's Day came into existence and of how the heart became its symbol.

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.

Jonathan's experiences going to school and riding the school bus. Grades 3-4.

Describes a winterhouse built by Betsy's father and located in the basement where Betsy and her friends never have a dull moment.

Story of four-year-old Star whose friends all went to kindergarten in the morning while Star remained at home. Star had a way to make things very interesting.

Eddie doesn't want to play anything but ball, but when the school starts an orchestra, he decides to learn something fast so that he can join too.