A little boy wishes so much he could whistle.

A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of cookies, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.

Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there.

Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

While a group of children celebrates Saint Patrick's Day, the reader is invited to lift paper flaps and search for a hidden leprechaun.