Valerie Tripp

"The WellieWishers couldn't be more excited because they're making a carnival in the garden! There will be games and cotton candy, balloons and baby chicks. Best of all, there will be a real horse to ride! There's only one problem: Ashlyn refuses to come. She's afraid of horses. But the carnival just won't be as much fun without Ashlyn! Can her friends convince her to give it a try?"--Amazon.com.

Summer on Grandfather's planation is heaven for Felicity. Then her friend Ben runs away and she must use all of her courage to save the day.

Felicity rescues a beautiful horse from being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.

Felicity must decide between supporting the tea-boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth.

When Emily Bennett comes to stay with Molly's family to escape the bombings of London, she learns the true value of friendship and how brave she really is when she makes a big mistake and must rely on Molly for help.

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.

Taking a practical joke too far, Felicity and Elizabeth must find a way out of the trouble they created.

Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.