The Melendy Family Series by Elizabeth Enright, Pamela Dillman

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  • The Saturdays (The Melendy Family #1)
    #1

    The Saturdays (The Melendy Family #1)

    Elizabeth Enright

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1941

    Saturdays can make dreams come true when the Melendy children take turns to spend their pooled allowances. Actor Mona 13 recites poetry and Shakespeare at the drop of a hat. Engineer Rush 12, mischievous, builds Meccano bridges. Miranda "Randy" 10 dances and paints pictures. Oliver, 6, calm and thoughtful, is a train engineer. Father writes. Housekeeper Cuffy mothers.

  • The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family #2)
    #2

    The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family #2)

    Elizabeth Enright, Pamela Dillman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1942

    SYNOPSIS: Meet the Melendys! Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can recite poetry at the drop of a hat. Rush is twelve and a bit mischievous. Miranda is ten and a half. She loves dancing and painting pictures. Oliver is the youngest. At six, he is a calm and thoughful person. They all live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, who takes on the many roles of nurse, cook, substitute mother, grandmother, and aunt... more

  • Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family #3)
    #3

    Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family #3)

    Elizabeth Enright

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 1944

    With Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendy kids left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: Mr. Titus and the catfish; the villainy of the DeLacey brothers; Rush's composition of Opus 3; Mona's first rhubarb pie and all the canning; Randy's arrowhead; the auction and fair for the Red Cross... more

  • The Melendy Family (The Melendy Family #1-3)
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    The Melendy Family (The Melendy Family #1-3)

    Elizabeth Enright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1947

    This book is a collection of three novels about the Melendy Family: The Saturdays, The Four Story Mistake, and And Then There Were Five.

  • Spiderweb For Two: A Melendy Maze (The Melendy Family #4)
    #4

    Spiderweb For Two: A Melendy Maze (The Melendy Family #4)

    Elizabeth Enright

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1951

    Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one morning full of gloom. Their brothers and sisters are away, the house seems forlorn and empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up their spirits. Will they have to face a long and lonely winter?

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