\"Is it a true story?\" is the perennial query of children at their mother or father's knee. These well-told thrilling tales about real children by Mrs. Hayden will fascinate both young and old through the practical lesson of life they teach. The virtues of obedience, trust, diligence, unselfishness, and high idealism are reflected in the lives of people who march across the pages of this book. Full of stirring and hair-raising adventures, these exciting stories will be often read and reread. The following stories are featured in this book: A Valentine for Mother Parade of the Punkin Pirates Genevieve and the Spotted Calf Jacky, the Little Home Missionary Runaway Bob The Missing Potato Salad A Surprise for Susan Swimming in an Amazon Canoe Little Miss Not-So-Big Wonderful George King and Queen Go Hunting The Magic Mousetrap Lady Finds the Buried Treasure The Riddle Ranch Robbery Cougar Rock Ten Rattles and a Button Sea Lion Caves on the Pacific Christmas on the Ranch | Mary Martha's Really Truly Stories by Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden, Paperback | Indigo Chapters