FROM SARAH:

I have a special fondness for this whole series—it was one of the first that showed me the difference between a "just ok" picture book with a "truly wonderful" picture book. Also: there's a recipe in the book worth making!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Every year Grandmother invited a guest for Thanksgiving dinner and allowed Maggie to do the same."Ask someone poor or lonely," she always said. Thanksgiving was Grandmother's favorite day of the year. The cooking was done and her famous cranberry bread was cooling on a wooden board. But she wasn't happy to find out Maggie had invited the unsavory Mr. Whiskers to dinner. Would her secret cranberry bread recipe be safe with him in the house? After a long absence, this delightful 1971 classic is back. So is the recipe!

**Description from Amazon: The citizens of Cranberryport need to raise money for a new dock after theirs is destroyed in a storm. Almost everyone volunteers to help, with Mr. Whiskers offering to keep the money that's raised in his grandfather's moneybox. Cranky Mr. Grape refuses to contribute and insists it's a mistake to tr...

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Old Cyrus Grape doesn't like children. And he insists that the skating pond is 'his.' Mr. Whiskers knows this isn't true, but since he can't prove it, there'll be no skating...not even on Christmas Day! That is...unless cleaning Mr. Whiskers' house uncovers some important information.

**Description from Amazon: Events at Easter time convince Seth, owner of Cranberryport's general store, that he is needed in town and should change his plans to retire and leave. Includes a recipe for cranberry cobbler.

**Description from Amazon: Mr. Whiskers and Maggie rescue a poor starving donkey left behind by the traveling circus, but since they do not have the funds to support a pet donkey, Grandma involves the whole town in a plan to save her.

**Description from Amazon: A search of Grandmother's attic turns up a valuable item for Cranberryport's fall antique sale while, at the same time, the wily trickster, Cyrus Grape, threatens to spoil everything, bringing Mr. Whiskers and the rest of the town to the rescue.

FROM SARAH:

For fans of Mr. Whiskers and the whole Cramberryport crew. Also read Cranberry Thanksgiving!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

"Suffering codfish! Somebody's after me," Mr. Whiskers groans. And somebody is. It all starts on a gray February day in Cranberryport, when Mr. Whiskers admits to Maggie and Grandmother that he has never, ever, received a valentine.