Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell's weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all.

Pepito, son of the Spanish ambassador, and Madeline, rescued by gypsies during a storm, travel and perform with their wandering friends until they again find Miss Clavel.

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.

Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her third birthday.

The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format.

Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.