Nigel Gray

A simple retelling of the adventures of the mid-nineteenth century English boy who, desperate to escape the squalid and cruel surroundings of the workhouse where he lives, runs away to London.

Each Friday Little Bear and his grandpa share a snack, a treehouse, and stories but one day Grandpa is in the hospital, too tired to tell a story, and Little Bear tells one of his own as Grandpa falls into the deepest sleep.

Sam gets so angry at his father one day that he runs away from home, but he soon feels sad and lonely.

A hilarious tale about a group of neighbourhood dogs who decide to hold a dog show--with a cat as the judge! Each dog has a special claim to the prize, but the outcome is not as they expect.

You should have come to this Great Aussie Do, the guest list sure read like an Aussie Who's Who. But best part of all, and I tell you it's true, was that Kangaroo played his didgeridoo.

Unhappy when he loses his silver and red balloon, Sam is comforted by imagining it on its way to visit his grandfather in Egypt.

Robin Hood creates chaos in the palace, lures the king and queen and their soldiers into the forest, and is hailed as a hero by the poor.

Almost all Little Pig's attempts at finding the right present for his mother's birthday fail, but his last idea is just right.

Parallel pictures reveal the essential similarities between the lives of two boys, one in a western country, one in a rural African village.

Threatened with a visit to Mrs. Cole by his working mother whenever he doesn't get his chores done in her absence, a young boy finally searches out the woman on his own and finds out what "awful" things really happen at her house.