When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.

Ages 8-12. Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face his father's increasing restrictions and his mother's fading presence. But when Rafa and his friends decide to take the game out into the real world and steal their school cafeteria's slushie machine, his dad concocts a punishment Rafa never could've imagined -- a month working on a ranch in New Mexico, far away from his friends, their game,...

"An adventure down under! Moldy mozzarella! A flock of sheep at Nicky's family's Australian ranch was losing all its wool, and no one knew why. Nicky and her friends the Thea Sisters headed to Australia and set off on a tour of the whole country in serch of clues. What happened next turned out to be a truly memorable outback adventure!" -- P. [4] of cover.

Amelia Bedelia, the literal-minded housekeeper, takes a vacation at her Uncle Buck's dude ranch.

Martha's family and Skits are going to Montana on vacation. Martha is very excited to go on a cattle drive. But Cookie the cowhand is suspicious of a talking dog, especially after Martha causes a stampede. Can Martha (with Skit's help) show Cookie that she has what it takes to be home on the range?