Steig, William

On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.

The wagon ride from town is so hazardous that Farmer Palmer, a pig, and Ebenezer, an ass, barely make it home again.

Illustrations accompanied by captions in which every word is misspelled.

Spinky believes his family does not love him or understand him and nothing they say will convince him otherwise.

Gorky, a frog, concocts a magical potion that puts him into orbit around the earth.

Shows through send-ups of adult failings and foibles, just how ridiculous the older generation sometimes seems to children.

Solomon, the rabbit, turns into a rusty nail whenever he scratches his nose and wiggles his toes at exactly the same time and all he does to turn back into a rabbit is think: "I'm no nail, I'm a rabbit." This causes him trouble when a cat wants to eat him.

Roland sets out to see the world, armed with his lute and his sweet voice, but a scheming fox almost roasts him before he is rescued by the king.