Metaxas, Eric

To save the tribe from the effects of a devastating drought, Princess Scargo sacrifices her most precious possessions, the miniature fish that live in the beautiful carved pumpkin she received for her seventh birthday.

A king who wishes for the golden touch is faced with its unfortunate consequences. Includes an audio cassette with narration and music.

Relates the tall tale adventures of Mose Humphries, a nineteenth-century fireman in New York City.

Animals from A to Z help the reader celebrate a birthday.

Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

Recounts some of the astounding adventures of the legendary New England sea captain who could tie an octopus in knots.

As children prepare for bed, the world around them is also settling down for the night. Through the seasons, animals who live in the jungle, the forest, and the sea all whisper to their babies, and to yours, a soft refrain: "It's time to sleep, my love.".

Traces the life of British abolitionist William Wilberforce and chronicles his role as a campaigner for human rights and abolition of slavery in the British colonies and the slave trade.

The people in a village in the Amazon rain forest grow so lazy that they eagerly allow a strange man to create monkeys from leaves to do everything for them.