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

Delightedly waking up to a snow-covered world, Charlie the intrepid basset hound ventures outdoors and takes a break from patrol duty to share a sled ride with his buddy Walter, whose disappearance prompts a determined search-and-rescue mission.

When six-year-old Sandra rides her horse, Chico, to see the newborn calf on her father's ranch, she encounters a rattlesnake and depends on Chico to get them back safely.

When his daily routine of eating and sleeping is interrupted by the arrival of a baby calf named Abigail, Charlie the hound feels jealous to see everyone paying attention to the newcomer and wonders if he will be able to adjust, in a story complemented by a Pioneer Woman recipe.

Martha the talking dog must overcome her fear of the cargo hold if she is to join the rest of the family on vacation at a Montana dude ranch, where her eagerness to take part in a cattle drive causes a stampede and upsets the cook.

Of all the mysteries Hank has faced in his illustrious career as the Head of Ranch Security, the only one that still has him truly stumped is the key to unlocking Miss Beulah's heart. Why on earth would she go for a bird-brained bird dog when a specimen like Hank stands ready to sweep her off her feet? Could there be more to this problem than meets the eye? When Plato wanders off Billy's ranch and Beulah discovers he's lost, she tries to enlist Hank's...

"Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl...

A cowboy and his trusty rhinocerous try to prove themselves at the Double R Ranch, where Slim, Hardtack, and Rancher Rose doubt Calliope's potential, but Boyd believes in her.

When Charlie loses his appetite and is not even tempted by bacon, a worried Mama takes the faithful basset hound to the veterinarian, where his nerves are soothed by a friendly puppy.

While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.