More than forty years ago the Moffat family of Cranbury, Connecticut, appeared on the literary scene. At once children and many of their elders took each and every member of this family to their hearts—Sylvie, Joey, Jane, Rufus, and of course Mama. Their day-to-day adventures—their hopes, their joys, their dreams, their struggles to make ends meet, and their triumphs—recorded with delightful humor in The Moffats, The Middle Moffat, and Rufus M., have become part of the heritage of childhood, loved not only in American but all over the world.

Now the Moffats are back! This time Jane and Joey and Rufus are busily engaged in carrying out Jane's idea of establishing a museum—a special museum containing things that had been important to one, some, or all of the Moffats, the first and, so far, the only museum in the town of Cranbury. When it opens, it is an immediate success, for it becomes one of the stops on Mr. Pennypepper's annual tour of the important places in town.

In this latest chronicle of the Moffats, there are many memorable scenes. Who could forget Rufus, the waxworks boy, Jane's extraordinary journey on "the eight-fifteen"; or the happy surprise at Sylvie's wedding?

Humor, joy, pathos, love, and a zest for life are in this book, but, above all, Eleanor Estes writes of a past era with a clear, true vision of childhood.

From the dust jacket