James Stevenson

When a large box is delivered to Duncan while he is away, the other animal inhabitants of Mud Flat are consumed with curiosity about what might be inside.

Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.

Hubie and his family take the Broadway Blazer to the 1939 World's Fair, but Hubie gets off and has a series of adventures.

When Maryann and Louie complain about the cold and snow, Grandpa tells them about the really cold winter of 1908.

Two puppy brothers, fighting on the way to the beach with their father, must learn to get along with each other to keep their trip from ending early.

At the Mud Flat Olympics if the animals don't win the Deepest Hole Contest, the All-Snail High Hurdles, or the River-Cross Freestyle, they can still come to the picnic after the games and have ice cream for dessert.

Convinced that crossing the river on the back of Monty the alligator is too slow, the animals try to find a faster way to get their children to school.

The animals of Mud Flat pay Raymond the Rainmaker to bring relief from the hot weather, but even though he fails, rain finally comes.

Grandpa's rather unusual cure for his sleeplessness seems to work on others as well.

The author recalls the summers he and his brother spent at their grandparents' house near the beach.