Maggie, her grandmother, and the sewing circle make Cranberryport a brighter place for Mr. Whiskers when they send him secret valentines.

Grandmother and Maggie organize an antique show to raise much-needed money.

When the circus moves on from Cranberryport and leaves a donkey behind, Maggie and Mr. Whiskers try to find the money to feed her.

Grandmother almost loses her secret recipe for Cranberry bread to one of her Thanksgiving dinner guests

Recipe for cranberry cookies on back cover.

Maggie and Mr. Whiskers go in search of thieves who are stealing many valuable old things in Cranberryport.

Sam's finally old enough to help his parents harvest cranberries on their family farm in Wisconsin, from flooding the field to prepare the vines for the picking machine to delivering the fruit to receiving station. Includes recipes for cranberry sauce and cranberry pie, author's note, and glossary.