For Henry and his big dog Mudge, spring means admiring the first snow glory, playing in puddles in the rain, and watching the five new kittens next door.

Henry's family takes in a stray cat, the ugliest cat they have ever seen, and an amazing relationship blossoms between it and their big dog Mudge.

While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.

A little pony with a talent for getting loose causes mischief throughout Chincoteague Island and inspires a nighttime adventure for Willa and Ben when she escapes one too many times.

With the grand opening of their family's bed-and-breakfast approaching, Willa and Ben are tired of helping their parents get ready for the big day and would much rather be helping their Grandma Edna reunite a foal with its missing mother.

When Henry accidentally brings a frog home from Brewster Creek he plans to return it the next day, but things quickly turn chaotic when the frog escapes, and now Henry must try everything, even magic, to catch the energetic amphibian.