William Steig

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble that grants his every wish, but in a moment of fright he wishes he were a rock, and then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

It's a bright and beautiful spring day, and Pearl, a pig, is dawdling on her way home from school.Most unexpectedly, she strikes up an acquaintance with a small bone. "You talk?" says Pearl. " In any language, " says the bone. Won't her parents be surprised when she introduces her talking bone!

Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.

Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon and, finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is!

Dominic the dog finds many exciting adventures and great danger fighting the Doomsday Gang after he decides to see the world.

An apprentice alchemist finds that his despised little brother is the only one who can help him when he concocts a potion which makes him the size of a peanut.

Letters and numbers are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences 4 u 2 figure out with the aid of illustrations.

A bored witch causes trouble when she decides to take revenge on an old man, but her mischief leads to a happy ending.

Tiffky Doofky, garbage collector for the town of Popville, is proud of his calling, and quite a gay dog into the bargain. One fine spring morning, while he's making his rounds, it comes to him that something special is going to happen. Madame Tarsal, the fortuneteller, confirms his hunch and predicts that he will meet his true love that very day--before the sun goes down! "Nothing you can do can keep it from happening," she quacks, and the excited...

Two children play a game with a rabbit, who gives them choices he pulls out of his hat.