children's stories, english

A compilation of short stories and extracts from novels about turning points in life, by twenty-six authors including Judy Blume, William Saroyan, L.M. Montgomery, and Roald Dahl.

A young boy's mother, who is a witch, is not immediately accepted by the parents of the children in his new school.

A little girl is not looking forward to her first day at nursery school until she makes friends with another new girl.

A silly duck makes a nest in a fox's wood shed.

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Presents selections from the writings of English author Roald Dahl, with 75 stories, rhymes, memoirs, letters, and poems arranged by theme.