A captivating retelling of Mark Twain's classic adventure story. True to the original in plot, character, themes and style, this is an excellent way for a young reader to meet Tom Sawyer for the first time. Tom Sawyer is a respectable boy in a little Mississippi River town. Huck Finn is a freedom-loving, neglected outcast. What better playmate could Tom want? One night, innocent games of pirates and Robin Hood turn serious when the boys witness a...

Retellings of twenty of Shakespeare's best known plays, using the playwright's own words when possible.

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

All day and night the traffic signal blinks its messages of stop and go.

The fortunes of a little black cat--with a heart-shaped spot on his forehead--lost in the woods, befriended by a poor artist, stolen by a mean chimney sweep, and finally reunited with his poor but happy friend.

Five poems that capture the simple eloquence of the natural world and illuminate the whimsy of bunnies at play.

On a trip to the country, a little dog named Muffin encounters all kinds of new and puzzling sounds.

A little dog named Muffin is awakened by a tiny noise that sends him on a search to find out what it is.