Bobtails Go To France

The Bobtails are just starting to settle down with their new mother, new father, new farm, and new friend ... when their new mother gets a telegram, from France! Soon the whole family is off on trains and boats, staying in hotels, hostels, and boarding houses, on their way to visit their cousins in France and get some cheese! Of course they meet new friends and see new places. But they also need to adjust to a new language and new cultures, all the while learning to obey their new father in difficult circumstances. And taking responsibility for each other even when lost on the streets of Paris.

The Bobtails series is set in Vermont in 1889, and concerns the lives of four children left orphaned by a gas explosion, and adopted by their aunt and brand new uncle. It teaches values of obedience, hard work, and taking responsibility.