Dover children's classics

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

"After another fight with Pop, 14-year-old Dave storms out of their apartment and nearly gets hit by a car. Kate, the local cat lady, comes to the rescue, and Dave returns home with an ally: Cat, the stray tom that becomes Dave's confidante and his key to new friendships and experiences. Cat inadvertently leads Dave to Tom, a troubled 19-year-old who needs help, and Mary, a shy girl who opens Dave's eyes and ears to music and theater. Even the Cat-related confrontations with Pop take on a new spirit, with less shouting and more understanding. [This book] offers a . . . tour of New York City in the 1960s"--Provided by publisher.

"From a great giant to a tiny child and from a wicked stepmother to a kindly granny, all of the characters in these classic folktales are African Americans. Six perennially popular stories include Rapunzel, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk"--Provided by publisher.

Contains four stories about Ralph the rabbit and his friends and family.

In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal of riding her horse in the Grand National steeplechase.