Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim'sProgress and simplified the vocabulary and concepts for young readers, whilekeeping the storyline intact. The result was a classic in itself, which has nowsold over 600,000 copies. It's both a simple adventure story and a profound allegoryof the Christian journey through life, a delightful read with a message kids ages6 to 12 can understand and remember. A new look and fresh illustrations for today'schildren enlivens the journey to the Celestial City.

    Piggle-WiggleMrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them.The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits. '[Now] in paperback . . . for a new generation of children to enjoy.' -- San Francisco Examiner Chronicle.

    This book is a collection of three novels about the Melendy Family: The Saturdays, The Four Story Mistake, and And Then There Were Five.

    Eighty-Five Childhood Favorites

    Fortunately, Judy has the good sense to learn something from each experience.

    "That horse is fast as the wind. She's escaped from every roundup on the island!"But Paul and Maureen want the beautiful wild mare for their very own."I'm going to capture her myself," says Paul.When Paul finally overtakes the Phantom, he makes a surprising discovery. Running at her side is a brand-new, silvery-gray colt - Misty!

    Reliable and sensible, she has watched other children find families of their own, but never once has any family wanted to adopt Jane. Then one magical summer, Jane gets not one -- but two-- invitations for a month each to live with a real family in a real house. If only the summer could last forever.

    Whether seven-year-old Eddie is finding homes for a crowd of stray cats, picketing the baseball team that says he's too young to play, or collecting "valuable properties", his happy adventures are sure to win lots of friends.

    The doll family are owned by two sisters, Emily and Charlotte, and are very happy, except for one thing: they long for a proper home.

    Mr. Twigg's job is to add the correct amount of Vitamin X to the product, but because of a pesky headache, he makes a mistake as it's being packaged. Then there's a boy named Squirt, and a baby mole named General DeGaulle, the latter of which eats some the Bita-Vita with truly amazing results! All this makes for a delightful story that will charm any child from about age 7-8. Hardbound in light blue cloth, illustrated and lettered in red on the front cover and spine, the book measures approx. 6.5" x 8.5", the book has 141 pages. Extensively illustrated, and populated with the kind of charming characters as only Robert Lawson can create!