short stories

A collection of nine stories in which characters encounter talking plants, a pine-tree man, a merry-go-round with flying horses, mystical midnight birds, and a cake-eating tree.

Eight short stories depict eight contemporary Jewish families in different countries celebrating the holiday.

Presents a collection of sports stories by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Ring Lardner, and John Updike.

A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.

A collection of poems and brief vignettes from the perspective of a girl named Kate Bloomfield, reflecting her views on friendship, school, family life, and the world.

Presents thirteen spookily illustrated stories for children, including ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, science fiction stories, and fantasy.

Thirty-five creepy stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.

After the seven mouse boys are tucked into bed, they ask Papa to tell them a story. He tells seven stories, one mouse tale for each mouse boy.