Summer at Fairacre
After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her downland village friends. She recounts the events of this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all,...