Funny and entertaining.

    "Childhood fear of the dark and the resulting exercise in imaginative exaggeration are given that special Mercer Mayer treatment in this dryly humorous fantasy."-School Library Journal

    Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learn about the danger of having such an honorable name as Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.

    Full color.

    Reprint.

    Then, one Halloween, a real witch comes and carries her off to the Wicked Witches Kingdom.

    A little pig slips away from his mother to join the circus, only to learn that he was better off at home.

    

    Bear tries to build an airplane with which to water more flowers.

    A young girl reflects that if she were a mother, she would follow the example of many animal mothers, like the monkey that checks behind its child's ears, or the lion that teaches its children to be brave.

    a story about a little girl playing in the snow.

    An Inca legend describing how people and animals survived the great flood that forced the sun to share the sky with the moon.

    A boy's fairy-tale dream takes him into the world of a tapestry lion with whom he performs three daring deeds to free the embroidered princess.

    

    

    Two Men in the Temple (Arch Books)

    

    After being doomed to the confines of a drawer, a new companion rescues her.

    

    Describes the everyday aspects of the economy, religion, and customs in the cities and countryside of ancient Rome.

    

    A youngster dislikes his long name until five policemen make him see how special it is.

    

    

    Five mushmen, related to elves and such, push themselves up from Down There to see if they can survive Up Here, set up headquarters under an oak tree, and live their pioneer existence, avoiding That Cat and keeping dry so they won't melt.

    Presents a story of the curious little creatures said to live in the rivers, lakes, and ponds of Japan.