De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

The friendship of Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse blossoms when they find something they both like to do.

Here are the wit and wisdom of a great American, more than sixty jokes and humorous stories told by and about Abraham Lincoln. He used humor to prove a point, to help answer questions, or to cheer up people around him--P. 1.

A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring his animal friends as guests.

A retelling of the Slavic fairy tale in which the Month Brothers' magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks which prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister.

Retells in verse the old tale of the boy who climbed a beanstalk, killed a giant, and won a fortune.

In these two plays about magic, a wicked witch imprisons a princess and a wizard transforms a boy into a cat.

Everyone tells the boy he's good for nothing until he rescues a wise cat and helps save an island from a plague of mice.

A boy and girl playing dress up ask the reader for imaginative and real uses of a shoe, a chair, a hat, a cup, a broom, and finally a bed.

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely woman wishes for company, music, and a party--and suddenly all her wishes start to come true.

Retells in verse Jack's encounter with a giant, including such lore as the right way to shake hands with a giant.