Hill, Susan

Arthur Kipps, a London solicitor, is sent to Crythin Gifford to settle the deceased Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House's affairs. Routine turns to nightmare as Arthur increasingly becomes haunted by ghostly sounds and images, culminating in the sight of a woman dressed all in black.

Spring has arrived, and for Squirrel, that means gathering all the scrumptious nuts he hid last fall. Only this time, Squirrel discovers a most unusual thing. It's round and warm, and it even glows a little - and Squirrel has never seen anything like it. Curious to know more, Squirrel runs off on an adventure to see if his freinds can help him discover what the thing could be.

Even through times are hard, Tilly looks forward to spending Christmas with her mother in their small attic apartment, until illness and an accident threaten her plans.

It's Christmas Eve and a message is passed to animals and men. They leave what they are doing to seek and wonder at what they will find.

Spider-Man leaps into action when Hydro-Man tries to steal the city's water supply on a hot summer day, but Hydro's escape route forces Spidey down into the sewers.

An adventurous child slips out of her mother's warm kitchen to explore the mysteries of a cold winter evening; but, in the dark woods, her imagination creates fearsome images which drive her home to her mother's arms.

On cover: A ghost story. Arthur Kipps comes to attend the funeral and settle the estate of Mrs. Alice Drablow. Routine events give way to sinister events and secrets.

A collection of seventeen ghost stories by authors including Eleanor Farjeon, Joan Aiken, Walter R. Brooks, and Leon Garfield.

When Stuart Little and his family go for a picnic at a lake, he has several adventures as he tries to sail across the lake on George's sailboat.