Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.

Wilfred the rat stumbles into a museum, where he befriends the animals living there and enjoys the many exhibits.

When two young children complain that they can't sleep, their grandfather cures their problem with a tall tale of what he did one wakeful night when he was their age-running fifty miles, swimming acros

Two clams prove to their beach friends that even if they can't sing they do have other talents.

Mr. Hacker begins to regret his move from the noisy city to the quiet country, until he is befriended by a stray cat and dog.

The sixth in James Stevenson's series of "Corn Books" is fat, full,robust, healthy, and full of energy. But don't worry, this sixth entry is also wry, magical, surprising, witty, and subversive. Twenty-five brand-new Stevenson poems paired with signature Stevenson pictures.

Tossed in garbage cans after they are replaced by new toys at Christmas, a teddy bear and a doll are befriended by a stray dog.

During a family vacation, Hubie the mouse falls out of a dirigible and is stranded on a tropical island, where a very inventive fellow castaway, Leo, helps him overcome his fears.

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The author remembers special times that he and his daughter shared as she was growing up.