O'Malley, Kevin

Retells the traditional tale of the tortoise and the hare as a match between the very vain Lever Lapin and Nate Turtle, who is tired of all of the publicity Lever's speed generates.

A little girl fondly remembers her visit to the amusement park last year--except that she was too short to ride the roller coaster. This year she is finally big enough to ride.

A young ladybug is determined to learn how to fly and, with the help of his father, he succeeds.

An illustrated collection of scary stories with humorous endings, featuring such elements as a boy being followed home by a coffin, a rapping noise in a haunted house, and strange intruders at the front door.

Illustrations accompanying a familiar nursery rhyme provide clues that enable Chief Inspector Owl to solve a series of jewel thefts.

Leo Cockroach, who secretly tests toys for the bug-hating president of a toy company, seeks a job with the competitor across the street and finds himself worse off than before.

A retelling of the traditional Appalachian folk song, but with Froggy cast as a gangster and Miss Mousie as the proprietress of a swanky nightclub.

Zeus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, and Hades pull some dirty tricks as they face off against Hercules, Jason, Odysseus, Achilles, and Theseus in this gods versus mortals basketball game in ancient Greece.

The orderly Sweet-Williams are dismayed at their son's fondness for the messy pastime of gardening.

A jockey brags that his horse will win the race, but he hadn't expected a cow to enter the race.