Cynthia Rylant

While staying with their aunt for a year, three nine-year-old cousins keep busy baking and selling cookies, putting on a poetry and singing performance, and trying to encourage a romance between their aunt and one of their former customers.

Poppleton the pig makes a new friend after an icicle accident, creates a bust of Cherry Sue, and gets a wintry birthday surprise from his pals.

Henry and his big dog Mudge try to keep busy inside the house during a thunderstorm.

Poppleton the pig enjoys the company of geese flying south, buys a new winter coat with the help of his friend Cherry Sue, and tries to order pancakes at the Lion's Club breakfast.

A cumulative tale about a small dog named Gracie whose quiet life is disrupted by some noisy painters.

Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there.

The High Rise Private Eyes, animal detectives, try to find the cat who stole their neighbor's binoculars.

Henry, his dog Mudge, and his father enter a snowman building contest at the local park and win third place.

When his puppy Mudge gets dirty, Henry has some trouble giving him a bath.