"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden are orphans looking for a place to live together as a family. Could a boxcar in the woods be their new home?"-- Provided by publisher.

Carl the car loves to race at the park with his friends, but after following a sign that says "Park here," they suddenly find themselves in the wrong place.

Detective Paw, a dog, and his porcupine partner, Patrol Officer Prickles, are on the case when someone replaces ice cream parlor owner Floella Flufftail's famous raspberry syrup with ketchup.

"People say nothing interesting happens in the village of Port Elizabeth but, on a visit there, the Boxcar Children find a big mystery at the schoolhouse. Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading by themselves with a Boxcar Children classic."--Amazon.

Cat wants to be big and loud like his father, the lion, but when a tiny kitten needs to be rescued from a tree, small and soft may be just right.

Iggy Iguanodon is disappointed that his brother will not let him tag along to the swimming hole, but when Murka Triceratops comes over they find a game they are both good at, and have a fun afternoon; then at dinner Iggy refuses to eat his ferns, until his grandfather brings him a pile of flowers and Iggy agrees to try ferns (yucky), and the two of them eat the flowers together.

While sleeping peacefully in a tree, Bat and Sloth are awoken by a loud mysterious noise leading them to investigate who or what could make such a sound.

Bat wakes one night to find a two-toed sloth hanging next to him on his branch, and while Sloth is sure they can become friends, Bat is not convinced.

After a fun night of flying, Bat cannot find the tree he shares with Sloth, and meanwhile, Sloth meets a kinkajou who helps bring Bat home.

Every time Bird hears a strange noise, she goes Eek! and hides her head in the sand. But the sound is always just one of her friends playing nearby. Can her friend Elephant convince her that there's nothing to be scared of?