Stolz, Mary

Chosen to design a magnificent monument for a vain and demanding Pharoah, an Egyptian stone carver conceives of and begins work on the Sphinx which still stands in the Egyptian desert today.

Two inseperable friends get a surprise that turns out to be "a wonderful, terrible time.".

In New York City during the Depression, fourteen-year-old Ivy tries to cope with feelings of not belonging in her elegant private school and with her father's losing his job.

Taylor, Jem, and B. J. each react differently to the breakup of their parents' marriage.

After spending the day fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with Grandfather, eight-year-old Thomas has a quiet evening on the porch hearing more about his African heritage.

While out on a fishing trip with his son, a father is asked to "say something" about the moon, night, sky, wind, caves, brooks, and many other things that surround us in nature.

In his old age Cezanne Pinto recalls his youth as a slave on a Virginia plantation and his escape to a new life in the North.

Emmett loves pigs, but when his parents refuse to move to a farm or let him raise a pig in their apartment, he runs out of ideas.

Deputy Jack Shep, the laziest police dog to ever wear a badge, is called upon to investigate a wave of burglaries in the sleepy village of Canoville.

Feline detective Eileen O'Kelly investigates the murder of chef Madame Jewel.