Little Eva #29

Little Eva decides backwards day is just what her neighborhood needs—so she sets out walking in reverse, and soon her friends are joining in for the topsy-turvy fun. As the kids spread their backward antics through town, they turn a simple stroll into mischief that tests the patience of shopkeepers and even catches the attention of Officer Finnegan. By the time the backwards craze winds down, Eva's already moving on to her next silly idea.

When Eva can't decide who deserves the last lemon sour ball, she and her friends settle it with a guessing game—but the loser decides to get revenge by publicly declaring Eva's crush all over town. Eva and Nipper scramble to cover up the embarrassing declarations before the whole neighborhood finds out, leading to an escalating battle of damage control that only gets messier.

When a baseball flies through an open window during a game, Nipper goes searching for it in the kitchen—but the ball has vanished without a trace. Hot-Rod demands the ball back, convinced Nipper is pulling a prank, while Nipper insists he genuinely can't locate it anywhere. By evening, the mystery of the missing ball takes an unexpected turn that catches everyone off guard.

When Little Eva and her cousin Itsy-Bit win ten dollars in a bean-jar guessing contest, they head straight to the amusement park—only to discover the prize booth's knock-down doll game is rigged to keep the house happy. After Eva's uncanny accuracy at knocking dolls off the stand turns her into an unstoppable force, the desperate booth operator appeals to the girls' hearts, and they learn a lesson about compassion when they decide to give back their winnings rather than see a poor man lose his livelihood. It's a funny, feel-good romp that reminds you why this pint-sized troublemaker has captured readers' hearts since 1956.

Hot-Rod stumbles onto what he thinks is a brilliant scheme: selling dirt to the neighborhood! When he tries to make his first sale to a new neighbor named Susan, his entrepreneurial hustle takes a messy turn, and Hot-Rod learns that not every business idea goes exactly according to plan. It's a lighthearted romp about ambition, neighborly goodwill, and the occasional pratfall that comes with trying to turn a quick profit.