Four English children find a wonderful world of magic through an enchanted wishing ring.

One-by-one, the members of the Shivers family disappear from the inside of their chilly refrigerator home.

Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child

The wheels on the bus: The classic children's ditty comes to live with Paul Zelinky's art and lively musical score by the Bacon Brothers. Dem bones: a skeleton band sings this well-known song based on the African-American spiritual. Over the meadow: A version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life. I know an old lady who swallowed a fly: Sung by the legendary Burl Ives, this old lady ends up swallowing...

A humor collection for middle graders composed of thirty-four prose selections--short stories and "chunks" from novels.

During the summer of 1875, a seven-year-old girl is sent to live with her wealthy uncle and becomes involved in a very suspicious bank robbery.

Arnie the doughnut (Arnie is shocked when he finds he is about to be eaten by Mr. Bing!) Roberto the insect architect (A termite dreams of designing big buildings.) Hondo & Fabian (Spend a day playing with Hondo the dog and Fabian the cat.) That new animal (A duo of dogs plots to get rid of the newest "animal" in the house, the baby!) Swamp angel (Angelica may be a young girl but she happens to also be the strongest woodswoman around.)

Rapunzel is a girl with the very long, golden hair; A pair of elves secretly create an amazing pair of shoes for a poor but kindly shoemaker; When a young girl befriends a mysterious elderly woman, magical things begin to happen; Follow the adventures of billy goats named Gruff as they bravely hunt for fresh green grass to eat; Lon Po Po brings lessons about strangers, trust and courage; A king falls in love with a princess after she hides her identity...

In "The boy who cried wolf", a boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call. "Chicken Little" is the classic story of a chicken and her bird-brained friends who think the sky is falling. "Rapunzel" is the unique retelling of the classic story of the girl with the long golden hair. In "The three billy goats gruff",...