New York Review children's collection

Max, the famous dog-poet and Hollywood director, faces fatherhood and searches for the meaning of life in exotic India.

Kay finds himself involved in a fantastic adventure when he becomes guardian of the mysterious Box of Delights.

Certain that the world is ending when the well he lives in runs dry, a frog hops out and discovers trees, flowers, and other creatures he never imagined.

When a tigress whose cubs were killed by hunters ravages villages, the king gathers his army but Lao Lao, a seer, advises him to send his son, Wen, to the tiger, instead.

"A young cat envies her brother the pampered treatment he gets when he is sick in bed until she gets sick too"--Provided by publisher.

Eight-year-old Derry listens as an old sailor tells him stories of his adventures at sea.

The glassblower and his wife live happily until the prophecy that their children will disappear comes true. This story is an old tradition of fairy tale and Norse myth to tell an exciting story with a very modern sensibility.

When a family buys a new house, each member has a different idea of what color to paint it.

Relates what happened when an evil sea captain banished the letter O from the island Ooroo.

"Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings of 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest"-- Provided by publisher.