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As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.

A boy finds a mysterious treasure in a junkpile and creates a monster to guard it.

As Mother's Day approaches, Papa Bear and the cubs do their best to surprise Mama with breakfast in bed and a gift, and Mama does her best not to ruin the surprise.

Best friends Elephant and Piggie decide that they will try to surprise each other, with unexpected results.

Each door is a different color and each door hides a surprise.

When Ivan gives flowers to his friend Amy as a surprise, she surprises him as well.

Snowy the polar bear wants to show his mother that he loves her more than anything else in the world by making a special gift for her, but to do that, he has to sneak away every chance he gets.

Three brothers never know where the surprise destination will be when their adventurous parents announce "Mystery Ride!" and the fivesome piles into the car for an outing.

Disregarding warnings about the creepy mansion outside of town, Annie bravely goes to investigate on Halloween night and gets a big surprise.

While Wendy is gone for the day, Bob the builder and the others fix up her garden to surprise her.