A classic story of survival and adventure from the author of The Little Grey Men.

    and Mrs. Whittaker's house -- creaking the loose board on the stairs and giving the parlor door a little squeak every night -- until his world is turned topsy-turvy and he must find a new house to haunt.

     But they're not prepared for the dangerous adventure that awaits them in the abandoned copper mines and secret tunnels beneath the sea.

    Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. When Wanda is pulled out of school one day, the class feels terrible, and classmate Maddie decides that she is "never going to stand by and say nothing again." A gentle tale about bullies, bystanders, and having the courage to speak up.

    Twenty-four illustrated poems depict the fairies who live in the garden among the crocuses, snapdragons, and other flowers.

     From the creators of Curious George, this is the happily-ever-after story of Pretzel, the longest dachshund in the world, and the lengths he goes for puppy love. One morning in May five little dachshunds are born. But one grows up to be the longest of all! Pretzel easily wins a blue ribbon at the dog show and the admired of everyone – everyone except Greta, the little dachshund across the street, who doesn't care for long dogs. But Pretzel is able to use his unique gift to win Greta over, and before long they have puppies of their very own. This story that begins and ends with puppies is perfect for dog lovers, fans of Margret and H. A. Rey’s picture books, and anyone who is a little bit different and special in their own way.

    When they stop at a cottage to ask for directions, the girls meet Mary, her baby brother, and their mother. They are very kind, but have patches on their clothes and no milk to drink. After the girls help Mother make strawberry jam, they think of a special way to spend the money they have earned. Full color.

    The explanations are linked together around a story of a middle-class English family Christmas. Foreword by Enid Blyton. Coloured, illuistrated dust jacket over a green cloth-board cover stamped with gold holly and mistletoe.

    Illustrations by the author. Published in 1944. "No point, no deeper content, lies below the surface - this is not disguised truth-telling, nor satire or irony; it is the pyrotechnics of word play itself which gives us pleasure," says Peake biographer Malcolm Yorke. Peake himself said of nonsense "Madness can be lovely when it's the madness of the imagination and not the madness of pathology. Nonsense can be gentle or riotous ... non-sense is not the opposite of good sense. That would be 'Bad Sense.' It is something quite apart - and isn't the opposite of anything. Unlike Peake's disturbing but original illustrations for a 1940 book of nursery rhymes, "Rhymes Without Reason" is something children can enjoy.

    

    It made such an impression that years later I created a mathematics problem based on the quipu, knotted strings that was used by the Incas to create, store & transmit messages. Roca is a message runner. His role is to physically transport quipu from one point in the Inca Empire to another. This particular night the task is even more critical. A foreign army marches against the empire. The message he carries is a warning. Ordinarily, he would only run a short leg of the journey & transfer the message to the next runner in the sequence. However, spies are trying to intercept the message & a puma attacks him. The next runner is attacked by the spies & injured, so he's unable to run his section of the route, which is the one that would take the message to the Emperor. Realizing the significance of his mission, Roca persists & is able to deliver the quipu to the court. A catastrophe is averted. This short story combines a tale of heroism with a history lesson. A short section on using quipu to store messages in the Inca language would be an excellent contribution to multicultural studies.--C. Ashbacher (edited)