Bender, Robert

In this version of the Perrault tale, two sisters' treatment of a three-headed troll is appropriately repaid.

A collection of quotations from school children giving real-life advice to their peers.

Alvin is convinced that his birthday has been forgotten especially when his mother tries to interest him in the strange goings-on outside his window.

Wacky creatures introduce children to the alphabet.

A frog is strangely transformed after eating a beetle, as is the fish who devours the frog, and so on, in this humorous cumulative story.

Quotes from children stating how they would like the world to be, from "If your bathing suit wouldn't fall off in the pool" to "If people never had to say goodbye.".

Three clever billy goats outwit a mean, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way to a grassy pasture.

A lonely witch never has any visitors until one Halloween when a young girl who is more fascinated than frightened comes to call.