Ellen MacGregor

When the antique car fair parade is called off because of the energy crisis, Miss Pickerell campaigns vigorously for the use of a fuel substitute thought up by her nephew.

Miss Pickerell sets out to have a restful vacation but finds herself involved in the problem of a leaky supertanker and its pollution of the sea.

Miss Pickerell is joined by her nephew and a team of his classmates as she tries to discover what is causing the mysterious attack on the western side of Square Toe Mountain.

Miss Pickerell tries to avert a disaster caused by a faulty weather satellite.

The resourceful Miss Pickerell helps rescue her companions from the Arctic wastes of the Far North and makes a valuable contribution to scientific research.

Miss Pickerell decides to help her friend, Mr. Rugby, find out why his ocean farm is suddenly unproductive.

Miss Pickerell was trying to think of a name for her cow when the telephone rang and plunged her into a horrifying chain of events.

While traveling on the Space Shuttle, Miss Pickerell discovers that it is hauling a spy satellite programmed to spread nuclear reactor fragments.

Miss Pickerell gets involved with cloned bulls, kidnappers and explaining scientific responsibility to the Governor and Mayors.