After her father's death, Lu Si-Yan's uncle sells her to a rich family who expect her to work as their servant until she is old enough to marry their son, but when she runs away things only get worse.
An abbreviated version of the tale of the Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Brothers Chris and Wills have trouble getting along due to Wills' boisterous nature, but when their parents separate and divorce, Chris and Wills find a way to come together to solve their common problems.
A little girl's valiant efforts to rouse one of her parents early in the morning are firmly resisted, until she decides joining them in bed will be lovely and warm.
An illustrated collection of seven stories about enchanted people and places by a variety of authors including Joan Aiken, Jane Yolen, and Joyce Dunbar.
Figgy Twosocks sulks when her friend Jefferson Bear goes away to hibernate, but in time she finds a new friend in Hoptail the squirrel and is able to play again with Jefferson after winter ends.
