An Ariel book

The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.

Further adventures of four children who can travel to other worlds--this time to a distant planet where enemies are fought with imagination and will power.

Charley's choice of Christmas gifts helps him to find the true spirit of the holiday season.

Even though a daughter of the leading family of Atlantis foresees that her brother will be instrumental in the destruction of their homeland, nothing can be done to prevent the tragedy.

Joshua Cobb's mother told him boarding school would be the making of him, but after the first few weeks Josh felt it might well be his undoing.

Tells of Brookie's love for her lamb that could only read and sing the words, "Baa."

Eight short nursery rhymes about Cecily Parsley, Goosey Gander, the five pigs, Pussy-Cat, three blind mice, Tom Tinker's dog, a garden, and Ninny Nanny Netticoat

Four children are delighted when their supposedly dull uncle turns out to be a space swinger who treats them to an interplanetary journey.

A biography of the author's grandmother, a nineteenth-century English girl who married one of the richest men in Russia.

Recounts how the villagers got rid of the troublesome giant living on a nearby hill.

A young orphan's life is changed when the angel he meets in the forest gives him an amulet that will fulfill every wish.

The poetic son of a briney Cape Cod fisherman saves his father and their craft by reciting an ode to a shark.

During a long drought in Botswana when money for school is scarce, a thirteen-year-old girl discovers that her skill at making pottery is the key to her continued education.

A compilation of the writings of Frances Poltoratsky, novelist and historian, which tell of her childhood in Russia, France, and England.

In 17th-century London young Tom finds that the ruffian responsible for his uncle's imprisonment and impending hanging is also the only person who can prevent the execution.

Phoebe prefers sitting in the bathtub to dressing in frills and sashes, but wearing her father's clothes does not please her as much as a plain navy sailor dress.

Contains: Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Cymbeline [Hamlet]( Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream Othello [Romeo and Juliet]( Taming of the Shrew [Tempest]( Timon of Athens Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale

Chronicles a white brother and sister's growing tensions as they realize the racial and sociological differences between their life and that of the black housekeeper and son who reared them.

Attar, a Neanderthal youth, who knew nothing of life outside his ice valley, crosses an ocean inlet when the tide is out and braves a volcano in order to find new hunting grounds for his starving tribe.

Fifteen traditional tales of magic and morals from the various regions of Italy.

Eighteen Haitian tales that mingle the elements of magic, reality, and folklore.