Joan Sandin

Carl Erik journeys with his family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.

Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

Andrew and his family are excited when a photographer comes to take a picture of their dancing bear, but then Bearly can't be found.

A young Native American boy sets out to hunt on Manhattan Island and discovers some strange people with white faces and very different ideas about land.

One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson."

Despite the intrigue of their new riverbank home, the new hippos are not accepted by the others because of their unusual habits, but their sudden disappearance causes a stir in their neighborhood.

When the family moves from Germany to Canada in the 1930's, a nine-year-old girl discovers the reason for her awkwardness and apparent inability to do anything right.

Captain Murdock is accompanied by his wife and children as he commands a clipper ship from New York to San Francisco.

Franny and her friends goes on a picnic with her animal friends.

Follows the misadventures of Boo and Baa as they try to help a cat get down from a tree.