Thompson, Colin

A family of wizards and witches living in an ordinary neighborhood in an ordinary town decides that they have had enough of the noisy family living next door and makes them disappear.

A wise old man who visits the town dump every day moves into an abandoned train there and watches as nature gradually reclaims the polluted land.

An illustrated collection of quotations by children about the meaning of home.

The members of a miniature family come to the rescue when young Kevin climbs aboard a car and becomes trapped in a suitcase.

An alchemist obsessed with making gold finds that his final experiment has an unexpected result.

George, a young boy who is being raised by his grandmother and feels very lonely, learns the value of love from a dog he adopts from an animal shelter.

Comparing the short, happy lives of rats with the long, complicated, dissatisfied lives of humans can lead to depression for the humans. The answer: simplify.

After his grandfather's death, a young boy learns to see the wonders of the world through the old man's eyes.