Paul O. Zelinsky

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.

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.

Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

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.

When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.

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

Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.

A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a demon, she has a hard time trying to turn the situation to her advantage.