children's stories, american

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children's stories, american

The hot and cold summer

1985
Rory and Derek are best friends, but with everyone wanting them to include Bolivia, the new girl, their friendship might be put to the test.

The biggest pumpkin ever

1993
Two mice, each without the other's knowledge, help a pumpkin grow into "the biggest pumpkin ever"--but for different purposes.

Zombie cupcakes

and other scary tales
Kareem and Amina find zombie cupcakes devouring each other in their kitchen, and that is just one of the tales in this collection of really scary stories.

The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales

The Stinky Cheeseman
1992
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

The monster in the mailbox

and other scary tales
On his first (and last) day delivering mail in this neighborhood, Mr Finn meets Dory, a little girl with a pet monster she keeps in the mailbox--and this is only one of the chilling tales in this collection of scary stories.

Elijah's tears

stories for the Jewish holidays
2004
The prophet Elijah appears in five stories about special Jewish days, including Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach, and Shabbat.

Loudmouth George and the sixth-grade bully

1985
After having his lunch repeatedly stolen by a bully twice his size, Loudmouth George and his friend Harriet teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

Dare to be scared

thirteen stories to chill and thrill
2003
Presents thirteen spookily illustrated stories for children, including ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, science fiction stories, and fantasy.

Rooftop secrets and other stories of anti-Semitism

1986
A collection of eight short stories, with background information and commentary, each dealing with a young Jew's confrontation with anti-Semitism in different periods of Jewish history.

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