Harry, the dirty dog. When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots. I, crocodile. An Egyptian crocodile, with a big ego and a big appetite, is taken to Paris in 1799 by Napoleon Bonaparte. A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened. Norman,...

An anthology of previously unpublished work includes contributions by favorite genre authors and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

Duck on a bike : A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too. Knuffle Bunny too : This is the story of how Trixie loses her beloved bunny and gains him back, along with something new: her very first best friend. The caterpillar and the polliwog : Impressed by the caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar carefully,...

Johnny Appleseed: John Chapman, known by almost all, as Johnny Appleseed, is the man who sprinkled apple seeds, planted trees and told stories to children across the Midwest. Martin's big words: Using his quotes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes to life in this biography about beliefs and dreams and following one's heart. It will inspire and affect all. Players in pigtails: This story celebrates a brave girl's love of baseball as she works to become...

Lon Po Po: Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother. The funny little woman: A woman in old Japan, who loves to cook rice dumplings and laugh, is captured by the wicked Oni. The tale of the Mandarin ducks: A compassionate couple risks their lives to reunite a pair of Mandarin ducks and are rewarded in the end, but by whom? Crow boy: A small boy, who is different from the others, gains...

No roses for Harry. Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it. Miss Nelson is missing! The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a substitute. The story about Ping. A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening. The little house. A country house is unhappy when the city,...

Chicken Little: When an acorn falls on her head, the chicken, Henny Penny, is convinced the sky is falling. 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. The elves and the shoemaker: A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. Rapunzel:...

After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, and others.

Clara's Christmas Eve dreams come to life as snowflakes, sugarplum fairies, and her treasured toy nutcracker dance with her and her family.

In the Napping House, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite. In the Owl and the Pussycat, listen to the lilting rhythms of the two characters who "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat." In Stone Soup, three clever soldiers, during the time of Napoleon, devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of the village. In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl and a little bear...