Helen Cooper

A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being biscuits."

A collection of 80 rhymes from medieval sources which were possibly the nursery rhymes of their day.

Even after they each have a mishap, a young boy still loves his special teddy bear, stuffed frog, wooden duck, and piggy bank.

Famous in Paris, infamous in London, Verity Durant is as well-known for her mouthwatering cuisine as for her scandalous love life. But that's the least of the surprises awaiting her new employer when he arrives at the estate of Fairleigh Park following the unexpected death of his brother.To rising political star Stuart Somerset, Verity Durant is just a name and food is just food, until her first dish touches his lips. Only one other time had he felt such pure arousal--a dangerous night of passion with a stranger, who disappeared at dawn. Ten years is a long time to wait for the main course, but when Verity Durant arrives at his table, there's only one thing that will satisfy Stuart's appetite for more. But is his hunger for lust, revenge--or that rarest of delicacies, love? For Verity's past has a secret that could devour them both even as they reach for the most delicious fruit of all....From the Paperback edition.

When he accidentally gets put in the washing machine, Timothy's favorite old Bear is afraid that Timothy will not like him because he looks different.

While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.

A toy duck's recklessness ends his days as the fastest of all Tim's toys.

When Molly's stuffed rabbit gets lost, she and her parents imagine all the adventures it is having before returning home.

A small girl's favorite plush toy seems to be responsible for the mischievous "accidents" that begin occurring when a new baby brother joins the household.

A baby who does not want to go to bed has a series of imaginary encounters with a tiger, soldiers, the moon, and others, all of whom convince him to change his mind.