Mary Elizabeth Yoder told many of these stories to her children as they were growing up. Stories about her children, stories from her own childhood, could-have-happened stories, stories of good times and bad--all about families and children and the important lessons they learned.

Table of Contents

Section One

• Slow Ride—Fast Ride
• Kathy's Good-As-New Ear
• Larry and the Salesman
• Apples, Apples, Apples
• Garden Fun
• Bossy Samples the Garden
• Where's Snowball?
• The Horrid Splinter
• The Little Lost Lamb
• Something Scary
• Kathy's Problem
• Mother's Day Surprise
• Larry's Mumps
• Family Sunday
• Bushy Tail's Nuts
• Who Got the Nuts?
• Larry's Painted Toes

Section Two

• Peggy Visits Buttonville
• Tommy Goes Back to School
• Where Is Richard?
• Autumn Helpers
• Good-by Headache
• Glenn's Fun Wagon
• Bunny Chase
• The Four Time T's
• The Missed Boat Ride
• Double-Duty Dale
• Color Quarrels
• Coals of Fire
• Christmas Bundle Fun
• An Important Nose
• A Dandy Day for Donna
• Wesley's Wobbly Wagon Wheel
• The Great Surprise
• Just Pretending
• Michael's New Book
• Stranded in the Mountains
• The Beautiful Blue Marble
• Left Behind
• Margie's Gift
• Mister Bump
• Something Better to Do
• Sounds in the Night
• Mother's Prodigal Brother
• Thelma and the Dishes
• The Rescue
• The Strange Storm
• The Twin's Surprise
• Ralph's Real Ride