Little Eva #14

Little Eva puts off a simple errand to the store for her mother when she spots her friends planning a wedding for a doll, and she convinces one friend after another to take her place—but the errand gets passed around so many times that no one actually makes it to buy the pecans. When Eva's frustrated mother finally catches up with her, Eva learns there's a price to pay for her clever scheme.

When Eva cracks open an oyster during dinner and accidentally swallows what might be a pearl, her imagination takes her on a fantasy adventure to the South Seas, where she and her friends live as carefree pearl divers—until a greedy stranger arrives with designs on their newfound treasure. It's a rollicking tale of mistaken value and island hijinks that reminds us sometimes the real prize isn't what you think it is.

A young newspaper hopeful finally gets his chance to sell papers for the club, but discovers that traditional sales pitches fall flat—until he stumbles on an unconventional idea that turns his fortunes around. This humorous tale shows that sometimes the best way to move merchandise is to think outside the box, even if it means having a little fun in the process.

Little Eva searches her house frantically for a missing pair of blue socks, but her scattered home makes the hunt nearly impossible. When a landlord evicts the desperate Widow Jones into a snowy night, Eva discovers an unexpected way to get everyone's attention and help those in need.

When Little Eva learns it's leap year—the year girls get to propose to boys—she decides to ask Nipper, but first she needs to find him an engagement ring. After rejecting a cigar band and a grass-and-flower ring, Eva empties her piggy bank at the jewelry store, where a clever salesman sells her a dime-store trinket for ten pennies. By the time she returns with her prize, Nipper has already gotten engaged to someone else—leaving Eva to set her sights on a new suitor with a quarter in his pocket.