While three little girls are caring for their aunt's chickens, the big red hen disappears, but finally returns with six little chicks.

One winter day, the girls made a big snowball. It rolled down the hill and stopped on old Mr. Fogel's front walk. That snowball made Mr. Fogel cross, but he cheered up, when the three little girls came to say they were sorry.

Three brothers, who cannot agree on anything, fall into a batch of gingerbread batter, and then astonish everyone as they run through town looking like three gingerbread boys.

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka are three sisters, who live in Sweden. They have blonde hair and blue eyes and look very much alike. After the family moves to the country, the girls realize they need bicycles to ride to school. To earn money for bicycles, they decide to plant vegetables to sell at the market. They work hard choosing seeds, planting, weeding, and watering, and although at first they are shy at the noisy marketplace, soon they are selling...

One summer, the boys went to the seashore with their nanny. Although they didn't know how to swim, Snipp and Snapp decided to go "sailing" in Nanny's washtub. Luckily, Snurr ran and got help from their friend Nick. One thing was certain after that-it was time for the boys to learn to swim! It took many lessons and a lot of practice, but in time Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr proudly showed their parents their new skills, and then they even won a swimming...

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka are going wild-strawberry picking. Mother is going to pay them for every basket they gather. When they stop at a cottage along the way, they meet Mary, her baby brother, and Mary's mother. Mary and her family are very kind, but have patches on their clothes and no milk to drink. After the girls get home and help Mother make strawberry jam, they think of a special way to spend the money they have earned.

Early one Christmas morning in Sweden, Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka opened their eyes. Soon, they would have their Christmas gifts! For the first time in over thirty years, this classic holiday tale returns, in a deluxe hardcover edition. Longtime fans of the series will delight in revisiting the story, and new readers will find fun and excitement, as the girls must save their friend Bertie after an ice-skating disaster.