Jane Yolen

When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern.

Told in rhyming text, this story follows young dinosaurs who learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, and treat them properly.

Illustrations and rhyming text explore some of the things that dinosaurs might do when they are angry--and how they should control their tempers.

Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still.

Commander Toad leads the lean green space machine "Star Warts" to find new worlds but runs into trouble when he sets course for home.

In these twelve modern myths and tales for the young and the young at heart, Jane Yolen transforms the impossible into the familiar and real. Among the outlandish wonders are an Alice grown tough in Wonderland, a dear-but dead-mother's homecoming, a bridge that longs for a goat-eating troll, and a mutiny among Peter Pan's troops.

Explains how little dinosaurs should behave during a typical school day.

Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first.

Throughout the day, Baby Bear finds a book to fit every special moment.

A baby bear dreams of all the wonderful things he will be able to do when he is grown, from staying up late to building a house in a honey tree.