It happens that grief and poverty come to the house. For adults, this is a reason to get upset, work hard, and worry about investments and loans. And for children it’s a great reason to go on a treasure hunt. Which is what the six brothers and sisters from the Bastable family did. So they decided to help their widowed father get rich. But as soon as they turned on their imagination, they immediately found many other fun ways to replenish the family budget! For example, publish a book of poems of your own composition, work as private detectives and conduct an investigation, or save an elderly gentleman from trouble so that he bequeaths a large inheritance to his children as a sign of gratitude. Or, as a last resort, become robbers and capture an unsuspecting, careless traveler. Of course, in the hope of ransom. And this is only part of the fascinating stories from the life of the Bastable family included in this collection. Thanks to Edith Nesbit's writing talent, which was admired by such masters of words as Clive S. Lewis, JK Rowling and Diana Wynne Jones, even the most experienced reader will not be bored.