Julia Cunningham

When a lonely boy leaves an orphanage to be apprenticed to a laddermaker only to find out that he is a virtual prisoner, he seeks escape with the one affectionate creature in his life, the dog Mash.

Eight-year-old Oaf, seeking his fortune with a band of talking animals, seeks to rescue five dwarfs and a dancing fox from their cruel master.

After losing his beloved donkey to a ravenous wolf, a poor man is roused to such sorrow and anger that he challenges the beast to take the place of the donkey and pull the cart that is his livelihood.

A fourteen-year-old street urchin who can not speak is befriended by a famous Parisian mime. They change each other's lives.

Discontent with the complete coziness of his life, the littlest and last of a large family of mice leaves home searching for danger.

After stealing a valuable painting for the band of street urchins who have adopted her, a 10-year-old orphan must flee Paris.

A secretive young girl arrives in a small factory town and flushes out the guilt and hatred festering there.

After he is befriended by a sign painter, a confused runaway finds trust and a purpose for living.

Five adventures of Maybe, a mole that can see.

Though Ariane lives in poverty, her castle is invaded by three strangers determined to find a treasure. Her only clue as to what it may be is her dead husband's last words, "The treasure is the rose."

A mute boy finds an outlet for his talents as a mime in an obscure circus. Sequel to Burnish Me Bright.

A mute boy, taught to pantomime by a retired actor, is persecuted by villagers because he seems to have a secret.

A boy spending Christmas alone comes to understand the meaning of love through the gift of an onion from his grandmother.

Each of six animals--cat, mouse, gull, dog, squirrel, and pig--tells a story in verse about himself to earn a candle and celebrate an old man's birthday.

A raccoon decides to spend the winter in a child's warm home--a disagreeable child, so that his departure in the spring will not be regretted--but he selects such a nasty, spoiled little girl he can't help trying to reform her.

A tough but tenderhearted rat from Wyoming gets into trouble while visiting in France.

After seeing the beauty of saintliness in the image on the stained glass church window, François, the fox, decides he would like to become a saint.