Jean Merrill

Marah Michaelmas, a beautiful young orphan with a murky family background, leads a dreary existence as a temperance worker in London until the charming and careless Lord Malgrave disrupts her life.

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.

Ten children play hide-and-seek on a city street. The winner is rewarded with an ice cream cone.

An adventurous pigeon visits some of the fascinating places in New York City.

A Spanish gypsy says he remembers all Christmases and tells how he was caught stealing chocolate from Joseph on the night Christ was born.

In this retelling of an anonymous twelfth-century Japanese story, the young woman Izumi resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures

So the black sheep has returned to the fold." Willa Ross knew she wasn't welcome in her hometown of Cascade, Wyoming. Especially not by Clay Cantrell--who still held her responsible for the accident that caused the death of his sister five years before. But when her aunt took ill, and desperately needed her to look after the failing family ranch, Willa couldn't say no--not to the woman who'd raised her. Willa's presence stirred up painful memories for Clay. So she'd vowed to keep out of his way. Yet they were drawn to each other--this time not as love-struck teenagers, but as man and woman... .

When her art teacher asks the class members to draw pictures of their homes, Maria is heartsick because she lives in a tenement.

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower didn't set out to be a millionaire--he only wanted to save money on toothpaste. After challenging himself to make a gallon of toothpaste for the same price as a single tube, Rufus and his best friend Kate set up a backyard business that soon succeeds beyond their wildest expectations.

A collection of slogans and funny sayings that might be found on bumpers of automobiles, trucks, buses, and other vehicles.

On a rainy day a little girl tries to tell a story to her brother, whose own idea about how the story goes results in a new version of an old folk tale.

Adam's aunt accepts the other animals he tames but hesitates about the baby porcupine because porcupines have been eating parts of her cabin.

A country boy, tricked once too often by a greedy boatmaster, executes a clever retaliation.

Two children play hide and seek in the barn.

Three country rascals, a pig, a monkey, and a fox, challenge the city slicker hound dog to a story-telling contest. Grades 2-3.