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Summary:  Christmas traditions leads to pleasant memories from years past.

Summary:  This story tells about Marie’s first time living with Ben and his two sons. The beginning wasn’t easy …

Rated: K+  5600

Summary:  Ben and Adam visit a small fair on their way West.   Prequel 1835

WC: 670     Rating: K

Summary:  An unexpected guest brings a lot of surprises to the Cartwright brothers.  A story told by a twelve-year-old Joe.

Rated:  K     Word Count:  3265

Summary:  Just how much tension can a man go through in a mere four hours? Find out in this look at “Death at Dawn.”

Rated:  T   Word Count:   3,231

Summary:   Cousins, cousins and more cousins.  Hop Sing’s relatives make the Ponderosa a real China-Rosa. Poor Ben isn´t very happy about that and even less about his three sons.

Rated: K+  WC 3600

Summary:  A prequel about a young Little Joe, set in the fall of 1850 while Adam is away in Boston.  

Rating:  K  WC  2100

Summary:  Abigail Jones and Joe Cartwright take a journey together on business neither of them ever expected to have.

Rated: T  WC 4700

Die Familie Cartwright besucht ein Kirchenpicknick, alles ist harmonisch und friedlich – oder doch nicht?  Prequel (1846)

Rating:  K (2,650 words)