A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost.".
After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his opera-singing older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe.
A collection of tall tales about Josh McBroom, a man who buys eighty acres of Iowa farmland, only to discover they are all stacked on top of each other at the bottom of a muddy pond.
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Charlie Chaplin, describing the silent film star and director's impoverished childhood in London and his rise to fame in Hollywood and within the film industry.
A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. Author's note details the murder of over one million children by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.
Jack Flagg, an orphan, runs away from home accompanied by the butler, Praiseworthy, and becomes involved in the Gold Rush of 1849. The pompous and ubiquitous butler involves them in many hilarious adventures.
