Sparkling Stars #29

Saxie and Peaches take on a baby-sitting job at the Potter home alongside their pals, but chaos erupts when the infant swallows a saxophone mouthpiece and the gang's musical antics cause mayhem throughout the house. When a doctor arrives to help, hilarity multiplies—with a comical mix-up that leaves Saxie holding the bag while everyone else escapes the scene.

Two young people, Doreen Ashburton and Anthony Farrer, set out on a bright August morning near Vancouver Island to round up their escaped ponies—only to encounter a ferocious cougar that attacks without warning. Fighting desperately to protect each other from the savage beast, the children must draw on courage and quick thinking to survive the ordeal. Their heroic struggle against the predator would earn them recognition as models of civilian bravery.

Stubby Bub finds himself alone in unfamiliar territory until a new acquaintance introduces him to a series of friends—each one a pickpocket of increasing renown, from the third-best all the way up to the world's finest. As Stubby meets each character, he learns firsthand just how skilled they really are.

When eight-year-old Tom Robinson hears his sister Karen crying from the bottom of a well on their North Carolina farm, he and his mother spring into action—with Tom showing the kind of level-headed courage that would make any grown-up proud. Watch as a boy and his mother work together against the clock in this true story of family heroism.

When a post office fire breaks out in Washington, a resourceful fireman named Joe discovers what appears to be a fortune in high-denomination currency—a million dollars or more—hidden in the building. His excitement at the find quickly turns to disappointment when the Chief reveals the truth about his treasure.

Social worker Jay Brooks takes on a case when a young woman brings troubling news: her brother Frank, just fifteen, has been coming home with suspicious amounts of cash and won't explain where it's coming from. Brooks's investigation leads him to Bull Gilmore, a career criminal recruiting neighborhood kids into a car-theft ring—with Frank already caught in his web. When Brooks confronts Gilmore and his operation, he's forced to fight his way out, but Frank and the other youths soon realize they've backed the wrong man, turning the tide in a climactic brawl that lands the criminals where they belong.