Cali, Davide

Henry and Ali tell their teacher a wild outer space tale to explain why they do not have their homework on the solar system.

Henry spins an imaginative tale to explain why he was late finding his class at the museum where they are on a field trip.

"Cinderella is dying to go to the ball. She's seen pictures of the fancy castle and the handsome prince, she's heard the fairy tales about true love, she's found the perfect dress in Princess magazine and she's even found an ad for a Fairy Godmother. She's all set. Except the fairy godmother doesn't look like the one in the ad. And the castle doesn't look like the picture. And the prince ... well, Cinderella decides her fairy-tale ending is going to look different--and be a whole lot more fun"--Dust jacket flap.

A boy tells his teacher about his wild summer adventure, including being captured by a giant squid and rescued by a submarine. It's a story so unbelievable, it couldn't possibly be true - could it?.

A little Eskimo boy starts out on a quest to discover what's on the other side of the great frozen lake and to find out if he'll be a great hunter when he grows up.

A humorous story about the absurd excuses for not doing homework.

A young boy explains the many, many reasons why he loves chocolate.

In a place that might be a desert there are two holes, and in those holes are two soldiers. They are enemies. However, they only know they are enemies because their soldier's manuals tell them so--which calls into question why they are going to war in the first place.

A young boy imagines what it would be like if he created a robot to replace his mother who is always working.