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The turkey girl

1983
The outcast "turkey girl" gains a new home through a brave deed.

I did it

1974
Simple instructions for making a variety of things from easily available materials. Included are a paper bag disguise, a papier mach? fish, and bread.

Helen Keller and the big storm

2002
A true incident in the life of young Helen Keller in which she gets stuck in a storm and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, rescues her.

Harriet Tubman and the freedom train

2003
Introduces Harriet Tubman, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her tireless efforts during the Civil War to free other slave via the Underground Railroad.

The teddy bear under the bed

1996
When he goes to scare the bravest girl in town, a young monster is frightened by her teddy bear.

Three fools and a horse

1975
A retelling of three traditional Apache tales about the nonsensical adventures of the Foolish People.

Katy Duck, flower girl

2013
When Katy learns that she will be the flower girl in her Aunt Ella's wedding, she begins to practice swaying like a daffodil in the breeze and stretching like a tulip in the sun.

Mr. Adams's mistake

1982
Mistaking him for a child, a near-sighted truant officer takes a chimpanzee to school.

The story snail

1974
John can do nothing well until a snail gives him one hundred fabulous stories to tell. But even they wear thin and he goes in search of the snail again.

The friends of Abu Ali

three more tales of the Middle East
1978
Retells three more adventures of muddle-headed Abu Ali including "The Bag of Rice," "Cake for Sale," and "The Donkey's Shadow.".

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