Little Eva #7

Little Eva crashes the boys' war games and transforms their clubhouse with curtains and flowers—so they recruit a stray poodle named Nipper as their secret weapon to keep her out. When Eva befriends the dog and brings him bones from Mr. Schultz, the boys jump to a hilarious (and totally wrong) conclusion about what's happened, leading to a satisfying twist that teaches them a lesson about their guard dog.

After her birthday party, Little Eva gobbles down cake before bed and drifts into a vivid dream where she becomes queen of a magical kingdom complete with chocolate soda rivers, a court wizard who bears a striking resemblance to Nipper, and a playland full of wonders. When temptation leads her to explore a forbidden slide, the dream takes an unexpected turn—and Little Eva wakes up with plans already forming for her next adventure.

Little Eva learns a lesson about tidiness from her mother, then sets out to teach the same principle to Scraps—the family dog who's developed a troublesome habit of burying bones all over the yard. When Eva's cleanup efforts finally seem to pay off, she discovers that orderliness and a dog's natural instincts don't always see eye to eye.

Little Eva finds a four-leaf clover and daydreams about all the wonderful kinds of good luck it might bring her way—everything from finding a million dollars to winning a trip around the world. But when she loses the clover and the day passes without any luck at all, she begins to wonder if four-leaf clovers are just an old wives' tale.