Pittman, Helena Clare

A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.

A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.

A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.

Grandfather tells how, when he was a child, he coped with fear during a journey alone through a dark wood to get hot coals to heat the family cabin.

After following a magical snowman on his nightly rounds, Nathan makes friends with him and discovers a way to make him happy before the snowman must leave.

When Gerald is unable to write a poem because of the noise, his grandmother tells him what things used to be like when she was a girl.

Miss Hindy keeps acquiring cats, one for each letter of the alphabet, until she finally finds a house big enough for all her pets.

Despite his family's opinion that his love of drawing is impractical, Gerald insists that his art is important because it makes him feel good.

A Japanese potter and his wife experience the vicissitudes of the seasons in their home by the river, as they both give help and receive it from two willow trees whose tenacity to live symbolizes man's desire to surmount life's obstacles.

Jennie counts everything, including hats, lollipops, and teenagers, on her bus ride to school.