Betty Smith

Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century.

The story of a young couple from Brooklyn who marry young, have little money, and face bitter parental opposition, but are determined to make something of their life together. "In Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law to marry him. Little did they know how difficult their first year of marriage would be, in a...

Discusses different kinds of sports injuries and how to deal with them physically and psychologically.

Maggie has a bagful of very unusual jelly beans - for starters, they won't stop arguing over which color jeally bean is the best. When a flood whisks away Hamilton's box, the gang set out on an adventrue to rescue it with the help of the Jelly Bean Team. After a heavy rainfall, Hamilton, Maggie and Beast travel to Mud Creek looking for the end of the rainbow. While at a slumber party, Beast yearns for a pair of Bunny Slippers until he discovers something...