The Penderwicks are four sisters as different as chalk from cheese yet as close as can be. The eldest Rosalind is responsible & practical; Skye stubborn & feisty; dreamy artistic budding novelist Jane; & shy little Batty who doesnt go anywhere without her butterfly wings. & not forgetting Hound their large lumbering lovable dog. The four girls & their absent-minded father head off for their summer holidays but instead of the cosy tumbledown cottage they expect they find themselves on a huge estate called Arundel with magnificent gardens ripe for exploring. It isnt long before they become embroiled in all sorts of scrapes with new-found friend Jeffrey
- but his mother the icy-hearted Mrs Tifton must be avoided at all costs. Chaotic adventures ensue & it soon becomes a summer the sisters will never forget...