Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles dreams of life outside the small town of Burr Oak Michigan, but when she stumbles on the opportunity to learn ostrich-riding with the infamous Madame Marantette her obligations to her family on the farm threaten to derail her dreams of a bigger life. Includes photographs and information on Madame Marantette.

"The Easter Bunny is hard at work hiding eggs for an Easer Egg Hunt. But when he needs to dash back to Easter Island to get more eggs, an unlike hero--an ostrich!--has to put on the bunny ears. She hops into the yard with basket in tow, and is met by a little girl who is eager to start the hunt for eggs. Will this ostrich be able to save Easter? Or will this little girl realize... 'Hey! You're NOT the Easter Bunny!' Readers of all ages are sure to...

"Una mąana, la gallina se despierta y encuentra un gigantesco huevo en su nido. ¡Éste no es su huevo! Aqu̕ te va una pista: ¡El huevo tampoco es de ese zorro astuto!"-- A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.

Mariluz the ostrich is very proud of her beautiful tail and even sleeps with her head in the sand so the feathers will still be visible, but one morning her head is stuck and all the savanna animals cannot get her free.