When twelve-year-old Dave runs away from his grandparents' farm and makes his way through the Georgia mountains to rejoin his wandering father, he finds disappointment and a new appreciation for what he has left behind....
Daring his younger brother and their two city cousins to spend a night in a barn, Willie enjoys teasing everyone by using his flashlight to make scary shadows, until an unexpected visitor gives everyone a spooky surprise....
Seven scary stories of the supernatural culled from the author's childhood include the story of a young girl imprisoned in a painting, and the cautionary tale of a boy who robs an ancient Indian burial site and gets his comeuppance....
When Mama gets behind the wheel of the new Model-T, which her husband just drove into the yard of their Georgia mountain home, she proves that she can drive a car as well as the men of the family. By the creators of
The Pucketts love music. Everyone in the family plays an instrument and sings--everyone except Emma Jo. But sometimes Emma Jo feels a song bursting to get out. No matter how softly she sings, Rip, the old hound dog, raises a howl, and that gets Emma ...
When the big day arrives that the steam engine train comes to Turkey Creek, Georgia, Sammy and his grandpa journey into the countryside to spread the word to the other folks and discover the big locomotive taking on water....
When a traveling photographer comes to town and offers Emily the opportunity to get a family photo taken, the simplicity of the plan takes an amusing turn when her mother informs her that all of the family animals, two dogs, a cat and a goat, will be...