Slepian, Jan

During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixthgrade class in Boston, detailing her "adoption" of a wild cat, a friendship with a troubled Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother.

In 1930, while their families are performing in a traveling vaudeville show in San Francisco, ten-year-old Annie helps her best friend Connie when he decides to run away rather than use his mindreading abilities any longer.

A cat named Bendemolena lives in a noisy place. To keep out the noise, she wears a pot on her head. Unfortunately, she cannot hear very well when someone is speaking to her.

A moose calf separated from his mother encounters a boy who follows him on a long walk through the woods, until they are both reclaimed by their respective mothers.

A cat named Bendemolena lives in a noisy place. To keep out the noise, she wears a pot on her head but has trouble hearing when someone is speaking to her.

Hungry Thing and his daughter visit a school and ask for flamburgers, bellyjeans, and blownuts to eat.

During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixth grade class in Boston, detailing her "adoption" of a wild cat, a friendship with a troubled Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother.

Eleven-year-old cousins Linny and Hilary find themselves transported back to their old Brooklyn neighborhood to a time just before Linny's mother died and Hilary's father left home.

In 1948, newly-moved to the Bronx, eleven-year-old Skip longs to shed her responsibility for her mentally handicapped older sister and give her whole attention to her new friendship with the bold and daring girl who sems to run the neighborhood.

A hungry thing comes to town and wants shmancakes, tickles, hookies, and gollipops. A wise little boy catches on to the monster's nonsense words.