Livia wears a small porcelain hand around her neck, all that is left of a doll that once belonged to her grandmother, but on the first night at summer camp the hand comes alive and terrifies an envious cabinmate--and there are plenty of chills in five other stories in this collection.
Combines poems about a smart pig, a crocodile, a hungry lion, a scorpion, an aunt-eating anteater, and a flying cow with the story of a crocodile who devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch.
Presents the script of Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two young people from noble Veronese houses whose love for one another is doomed by the long-standing feud between their families.