Hoban, Russell

A little boy loses all the fights he has with his best friend until his father gives him some good advice.

When a baby sister arrives, Frances the badger finds a charming way to prove her own importance.

A wind-up toy mouse and his child, broken and then mended, set out to find the animals and doll house with which they were in the toy shop. Along the way, they make enemies with a dump rat and have many adventures.

Members of the Brute family, who live on a diet of stick and stone stew, suddenly find their lives changed for the better.

Three space travelers land on Earth in order to sample the cheese omelettes and chocolate cake being prepared by a mummosaurus.

John goes for a ride in the sky on Ace Dragon's back and finds him not so limited after all.

After receiving a blow to the head from a bully at school and a mysterious puzzle from a melancholy magician, twelve-year-old Nick enters a strange and frightening reality that changes his life.

Francisca has trouble going to sleep because of frightening sounds and objects that may be going to get her.

Frances feels displaced by her new baby sister until her parents help her undersand that she's an important part of the family too.