A young Puffin

Eight-year-old Rebecca, whose divorced mother is a doctor, has an ongoing war with her babysitter, Mrs. Galloway, until one day the two reach an unexpected truce.

Bridget fears that she will have to give up William, her pony, because bad weather has brought hard times to her parents' farm. Then William becomes the hero of the hour.

When the toymaker falls on hard times, his little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune.

Arthur Crocodile cannot seem to learn table manners until his sister brings her new girlfriend to visit.

First grader Russell Michaels grows more than an inch taller, becoming big enough to wear his red slicker and big enough to deal with family and school challenges.

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

Two brothers find a country under the earth whose citizens are segregated by weight.

The adventures of five-year-old Elisa as she attends her brother's recital, gets new eyeglasses, moves with her family to a new apartment, and welcomes the new baby.

Uncle Lubin attempts to rescue his nephew who has been abducted by the horrid Bag-bird.

Paddington and the Brown family have a series of misadventures on their vacation in France.

The adventures of Russell, his family, and friends, as he gets ready to celebrate his sixth birthday.

A husband resents doing all the hard work of farming, so his wife suggests they exchange jobs for a day. He thinks that there will be nothing but relaxation and pleasure in housework, but his carelessness leads to one disaster after another.

An old Chinese couple has a son who never grows any larger than a plum seed, but his size does not prevent him from saving his village from a cruel lord.

The plans that Maxine, the Girl Wonder, and her younger brothers, the Terrific Twins, come up with usually mean trouble for their mother.

Abandoned in the frozen foods bin of a grocery store, a tiny doll is befriended and rescued by a little girl

Joe and Timothy share many adventures as they explore the tall house where Joe's family lives at the top and Timothy's family lives at the bottom.

"If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table." But Treehorn wasn't pretending. He really was shrinking. Hilarious complications result as he becomes more minuscule by the moment. Treehorn is a bit downhearted when his teacher says, "we don't shrink in this class," and sends him to the principal. Poor Treehorn spends an unhappy day and night until he discovers a magical game that restores him to his natural size. This is a great relief to Treehorn before he notices that he is turning faintly green. . . .

Sam Pig is a gentle creature who has trouble staying out of mischief.

While waiting out a fierce hurricane in her grandmother's house on Fox Island, Belinda has a chance to get to know her grandmother's reclusive neighbor Mr. Fletcher.

In an extraordinary day at the beach, after winning a sand castle contest, two sets of twins resolve the mystery of the disappearance of a rich woman's dog.

"That," said Mr Borthwick, "was the best hamburger I've ever tasted!" Joe has just created the yummiest, juciest, most delicious hamburger ever - and his friend Mr Borthwick wants to sell it in his new hamburger shop. But there's a problem - Joe has completely forgotten the recipe and the shop is opening very soon. A pinch of this, a touch of that and a spoonful of something else... the race is on for Joe to remember!

In each of these eight stories the little green man improves Old Mother Farthing's cottage and land in some way.

Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each.

Skinny, shy third-grader Luke cannot hide from Arthur, his personal bully, until it is time to pick roles for the class play.

Presents the humorous adventures of two lovable but mischievous kittens whose good intentions often lead to trouble for their master.