Jean Van Leeuwen

"Amanda Pig is going to be a first-grader! This year she won’t have to take naps, she’ll play on the big playground, and, best of all, she’ll learn how to read. But something is wrong, because when Amanda tries to read, she can recognize the letters but not the words! Is first grade going to be harder than Amanda thought? Will she ever be able to read?" --publisher's website.

As her family travels by wagon train to Oregon, a young girl gathers scraps of cloth so that she can make a quilt. Includes historical note.

Amanda Pig and her friend Lollipop share fun times at each other's houses and experience their very first sleepover party.

Oliver Pig decides to build a fort in the backyard and his friends become involved with the project as well.

In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.

"Amanda Pig knows there are monsters in her room. Maybe one is hiding in her closet or under her bed. Can Amanda be a big girl and send the monsters away for good?"--back cover.