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Andy starts out on his bicycle to try for a job at the circus but runs into complications on the way.

65 years ago children were first delighted by Mr. Bear, the Neighborhood Nuisance who roams the forest squashing the houses of other animals--and finally gets his own hilarious, smashing comeuppance. Well Mr. Bear's story is here to stay with the same wonderful pictures by Angela and an afterword from a longtime admirer, the Far Side's Gary Larson, who adds "As a child, I loved this bear. As an adult, I'm thrilledto see that-after a long hibernation-he is once again roaming the forest of every child's imagination."

Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.

Finding himself without a kingdom, a king goes into the world to improve his fortunes and finds six friends whose special skills help him to get what he wants most.

Hetty and her brother Hank wanted creaky, squeaky shoes. High in the Blue Ridge Mountains where they lived there were no shoes of this kind, nor did Hank and Hetty have any money. They did have some turnip seeds and these they planted and tended until they had the fattest, juiciest turnips in all that region.They set out to town to sell them. Hetty and Hank's adventures along the way to town and in town, their return home and the things they brought back with them, make a delightful story for all young children. The author has lived in the Blue Ridge country and has known people like Hetty and Hank, their Pappy and Mammy, and their many friends. Children and adults will appreciate the skill with which Ellis Credle has caught the flavor of the mountain folk.Down, Down the Mountain has been called "the first picture book ever done of the Blue Ridge country" and it was an overnight and enduring success, selling more than 4,000,000 copies. Fifteen editions were published in English between 1934 and 1973. In 1971 it was honored with a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

Seven-year-old Mark helps his grandmother and other family members run their seaside hot dog stand and then has a surprise at the end of the day.

"Ralph Moody's books should be read aloud in every family circle in America." --Sterling North "[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life." --Chicago Sunday Tribune "An affectionate portrait of ranch-town folk who knew how to help without humiliating, and a warm but ungushing tribute to a remarkable woman who deplored her inability to give her children everything, yet gave them much." --New York Times "Man of the Family is everything that Little Britches was--a heart-warming, frank, com-pletely delightful narrative. Some readers may even like it better. "--San Francisco Chronicle "Mr. Moody remembers, and can put on paper, the terrifying passion of a small boy's heart, where there is no routine, and every victory and every disappointment is oversize and overwhelming." --New York Herald Tribune "A heart-warming book. . . . Little Britches' fierce loyalty to his mother is matched only by his practical consideration for his brothers and sisters." --Christian Science Monitor

Adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly.

Charlotte does not like dolls, until she receives a special doll from her aunt and they become good friends.

Maggie, her grandmother, and the sewing circle make Cranberryport a brighter place for Mr. Whiskers when they send him secret valentines.

After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear.

The story of the great American painter of the Wild West, Charlie Russell.

At bedtime, Chris tells his father all of the bad things Alexander, the red and green striped horse, did during the day, and is reassured that Alexander--and he--will do better tomorrow.

Originally published in New York by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.