Jean Van Leeuwen

Oliver makes friends with Albert, the new boy in class, and they have fun together, playing kickball and collecting bugs.

Amanda the pig sees monsters at night, but her parents and her brother find different ways to convince her that there are no monsters.

When Grandmother Pig comes for a visit, Oliver and Amanda learn just how much fun it is to have a grandmother in the house.

Four stories about Amanda and Oliver Pig and their parents, who go outside to play after a big snowstorm.

After joining his sister in wrapping presents, baking cookies, and picking a Christmas tree, Oliver tries to find a stocking big enough to hold the twenty-two toys he requested from Santa.

Oliver feels like the superhero Mighty Pig when he wears his Mighty Pig cape, but he finds that being a superhero in the real world has some complications.

Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up with his own contribution to the festivities.

Amanda Pig's first day of school is every bit as wonderful as she always hoped it would be.

In this story based on true events, a thirteen-year-old apprentice takes the first manned hot air balloon flight in America and gains new insight into life's possibilities.