Morpurgo, Michael

A mistreated donkey in Renaissance Venice gains self-respect after meeting the Doge's kind daughter and becoming a hero during a devastating flood.

Yannick is excited to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in the French country, which he has only seen in paintings by Paul C?zanne, but is devastated when he accidently destroys a drawing Pablo Picasso left after visiting the family's inn.

When they are left in the woods by their parents, Hansel and Gretel find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

A collection of excerpts from more than thirty classic children's stories by various authors.

Wendy suffers torment from the school bully for being slender and sensitive, but when she brings in her grandfather's huge snake to school it escapes and Wendy gets to prove her bravery by recovering the lost serpent.

Teenager Aman and his mother lose their loyal spaniel Shadow while escaping Afghanistan to flee to England. Now they must depend on a friend and his grandfather to enable Shadow's return.

Jo has spent most of the war waiting and praying-waiting for the war to end and praying for the end to come quickly. Living in Lescun, France, Jo had thought he might escape the worst of the war. But things change when the Germans decide to set up an outpost right in town. Jo alone knows of another outpost-a reclusive widow's farm high in the hills.It is an escape point for growing band of Jewish children.

A collection of nine children's stories with a theme of environmentalism, written to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Greenpeace, an organization dedicated to saving the Earth.

Collection of classic children's literature.

Because she is slender and cries at sad stories, Wendy is teased by the school bully until the day she brings in her grandfather's huge snake, then has to bravely rescue him after he wriggles out of her school bag.