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"What are you doing, Freddie?" asked Bert Bobbsey, leaning over to oil the front wheel of his bicycle, while he glanced at his little brother, who was tying strings about the neck of a large, handsome dog. "Making a harness," answered Freddie, not taking time to look up. "A harness?"... Read Full Overview

The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the longest-running series of children's novles. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who where... Read Full Overview

Snap did not say whether he would or not. Flossie standing on the side porch waited for her little brother. She was just his age and only a little smaller in height. She was just about as fat and plump as was Freddie and both had light curly hair.

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

""The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat"" is a children's book written by Laura Lee Hope. It is part of a series of books featuring the adventures of the Bobbsey family, which includes two sets of twins, Nan and Bert, and Flossie and Freddie. In this particular story, the family decides... Read Full Overview

The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat is a children's book written by Laura Lee Hope. The story revolves around the adventures of the Bobbsey Twins, Nan and Bert, and their younger siblings, Freddie and Flossie. The family decides to spend their summer vacation on a houseboat, which... Read Full Overview