Mayne, William

More adventures of Hob the goblin who lives under the stairs, visible only to children, and whose job is to chase away trouble and keep the house in order.

When the speckled hen lays a golden egg, Grandfather learns the value of her plain brown ones.

Gideon is sixteen-years-old, deaf, and unable to speak. A friend finds him work on a canal barge. All is well until the day he takes the initiative.

Hob, the friendly spirit who lives under the stairs and protects the house, must battle with a variety of evil beings trying to take control of his family's home.

The Birmingham water authority seizes Owen's and neighboring farms by eminent domain, build a dam, and begin filling the valley with water, but Owen refuses to leave his land. He builds an ark. When it pulls loose from its mooring, it is at the mercy of the wind and water.

A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, "flies" down from a roof to save them.

A tidal wave begins an adventure for three New Zealand children.