Little Eva #5

When Nipper plans a boys-only picnic, Little Eva is determined to tag along—so the gang devises a scheme to keep her home by faking a rainstorm. But Eva's not so easily discouraged, and her persistence leads to a series of unexpected encounters at the picnic grounds that turn the day upside down in this humorous 1952 romp.

When Nipper spots a big tire at his garage, he jumps at the chance to race it against the other kids—until they tire of the game and want to play ball instead. Desperate to please everyone, Nipper trades away his new ball to get the tire back after a chain of swaps, only to lose control of it in a wild chase that lands him in serious trouble with his father. This lighthearted romp shows what happens when a kid can't make up his mind about what he really wants.

Little Eva and her friends Cindy and Susie get revenge on a boy named Nipper after he plays a trick on them, creating a fake wanted poster with his picture—but their scheme spirals hilariously out of control when the prank takes an unexpected turn. It's a clever game of one-upmanship between the kids that proves no one outsmarts a determined group of girls when their pride is on the line.

Little Eva helps a friend buy balloons at the carnival, but when she asks him to hold them while she tends to her shoe, things quickly spiral out of control in this quick, silly romp from 1952. As the balloons take on a life of their own, Little Eva has to figure out how to save the day before her friend floats away entirely.

Little Eva is thrilled when her friend Nipper sells her "magic seeds" guaranteed to grow into a watermelon overnight—she even takes precautions to protect them from birds and hungry rabbits before bed. But when a watermelon truck rumbles past her house in the night and leaves a melon in her yard, Little Eva wakes up convinced the magic worked, leaving Nipper to rue his prank.

Little Eva and a friend team up to earn money for a movie by taking on a yard-trimming job—but when Mother asks them to trim the hedge to a specific height, they might just discover that following instructions and working together are trickier than they bargained for. This charming 1952 humor tale captures the earnest spirit of kids trying to hustle up some spending money the old-fashioned way.