Presents seven Dr. Seuss stories first published in magazines between 1950 and 1951, with an introduction and commentary on each.

Contains four simple, humorous, and illustrated children's stories, and includes "Bubble Trouble," in which a group of children have fun outdoors with bubbles; and also "All Wrapped Up," "Jordan's Silly Sick Day," and "Quite Enough Hot Dogs."

Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.

An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility for it.

Thirty-one creepy stories about vampires, transmutations, dreadful fairylands, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.

Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good?or evil.

A collection of five short stories featuring nine-year-old Felicity Merriman growing up in Virginia in 1774 as she plays a joke on herself while teaching her sister to dance, responds to a foolish dare, proves her worth as a big sister, plays Cupid, and discovers the secret of the crabbiest lady in town. Each story includes a non-fiction essay about the culture and customs of the time.

Twelve years have passed since Jahrra arrived in Oescienne and became the responsibility of the old Korli dragon Hroombra; yet much can happen in twelve years. So far, Jahrra's life has been filled with adventure, danger, friendship and even loss. Despite what she has learned in school and what she has learned from life, she has no idea that she is in fact human, a child of the race that has been absent from the world of Eth?es for five long centuries...

A latest collection in the best-selling series provides illustrated, easy-to-read adaptations of popular folk tales that celebrate the adventures of such characters as Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley and Paul Bunyan.

"Scare-master Robert San Souci serves up ten chilling tales about untraditional haunted houses: a mansion full of pirate treasure, a ghost trapped in a mysterious dollhouse, a boy whose vacation house comes complete with people-eating spiders, and many more. But beware because not all of the protagonists in these stories get out alive."--Amazon.com.