Leonard Weisgard

Twelve-year-old Marco Loristan has spent his life moving from place to place with his father, Stefan, always hiding their heritage. Their home country of Samavia has been in turmoil ever since the king was overthrown five hundred years ago, and now its people are forced to fight in the armies of warring factions. But legend has it that the heir of the true king escaped, and his descendant is waiting until the time is right to reclaim the throne and...

All the animals, from giraffes to cardinals, gather at Christmas to decorate a fir tree and dance throughout the night.

Relates what is important about glass, a spoon, a daisy, grass, rain, snow, an apple, wind, sky, a shoe and you.

A little bunny finds an egg and wonders what could be inside.

"No better introduction to William Shakespeare's dramatic masterpieces exists than the delightful prose adaptations of Charles and Mary Lamb. Charles Lamb, perhaps the preeminent essayist in English lierature, and his gifted sister selected twenty of Shakespeare's best-known plays and set out to make them accessible to children and to pay enthusiastic homage to the original works." -- Book jacket.

Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

Fifteen poems celebrating the birth of Christ and the Christmas season.

"Once upon a time, the Brothers Grimm wrote a book of fairy tales so spellbinding, you can't put them down.  Cinderella dashes out of the ball, leaving a golden slipper behind.  Little Red Riding Hood walks bravely through the dark forest.  Hansel and Gretel discover a house made of sparkling treats. ... You'll find treasured stories like 'Rapunzel,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' and 'Rumpelstiltskin,' as well as forgotten gems like 'The Star Money,' 'Snow...

All the way from the coal mines of West Virginia to the lumber towns of California where he is to be reunited with his father, David holds tight to a very special jar of watermelon pickles.

A journey in verse to discover whether the same moon shines on all parts of the world.