O'Malley, Kevin

An enormous Humpty Dumpty returns to Mother Goose Land determined to get revenge on the nursery rhyme characters he blames for letting him fall.

When Frank's favorite baseball player, the mighty Keefoffer, is in danger of striking out, Frank loans him his lucky hat to help him hit a home run.

After his mother tells him to stop playing video games and go outside, a young boy tries to catch the last leaf on a tree, thinking it will bring him luck.

Six separate stories tell, in words and cartoons, the surprising history and activities of the ordinary school desk.

When Herbert Fieldmouse, secret agent, undertakes a secret mission for the Queen, he finds that he must outwit the evil Dr. Whiskers.

Leo Cockroach, who secretly tests toys for the bug-hating president of a toy company, seeks a job with the competitor across the street and finds himself worse off than before.

Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.

A boy who is struggling through snow to get to school is about to give up but then hears some good news from his friends.

Zeus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, and Hades pull some dirty tricks as they face off against Hercules, Jason, Odysseus, Achilles, and Theseus in this gods versus mortals basketball game in ancient Greece.

Four separate stories tell, in words and cartoons, the surprising history and activities of the ordinary backpack.