William Lipkind

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note - a brutal accusation. There are no explanations, no ransom demands ... and no hope. Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he's to stand any chance of catching him. But - still reeling from a personal tragedy - is Jonas really up to the task? Because there's at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defence, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust ..."--Back cover.

At the first peep of dawn the farmyard leader stretched out his neck and crowed: "Break-of-day, break-of-day, wake!" This was the signal for the farm day to begin. When a fox invades the henhouse it is a tiny rooster that shrills the alarm proving that size has nothing to do with bravery.

Examines the career of the young outlaw whose life and death were an expression of the violence prevalent on the American frontier.

A young boy joins in the forest animals' Christmas Eve merrymaking and meets a special brown rabbit.

The two Reds rescue Russet, the new girl upstairs, from the Seventh Street Signal Senders.

Lua wants to be a fast runner like his father. After being severely injured by a shark, however, he discovers he is destined for more important and exciting work.

The story of Little Seal, an Eskimo boy in northern Alaska, and how he finally wins the right to go on a whale hunt with the men of the village.

A young boy with red hair who dashes out to play and a reddish-colored cat in search of food each have some adventures in the heart of a busy city and eventually bump into each other and become friends.