The Wouldbegoods

"The Wouldbegoods" is a 1901 novel by English author Edith Nesbit that continues the story of the Bastable children and is a squeal to "The Story of the Treasure Seekers". As a result of bad behaviour, Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius Bastable are sent off to the countryside, where they promise to utterly reform themselves. However, their intention of performing good deeds seems to land them in as much trouble as before, and sometimes even more so.