Rosalyn Schanzer

Davy Crockett stops the evil Halley's Comet from destroying the world and wins the heart of Sally Sugartree in the process.

Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.

Tells how the author's family left difficult conditions in Poland to make a better life for themselves in America early in the twentieth century.