Billy and his pony Blaze discover the way to an abandoned quarry where they perform a brave deed.

Carrie McCrite and her husband, Amos, had dreamed of retiring to a home in the Ozark mountains. After Amos dies in a hunting accident, Carrie decides to go ahead with their dream, but alone. She needs to be someone - to prove she's a capable woman who can take care of herself. Carrie meets neighbor JoAnne Har­rington, a man-hater who certainly provides an example of female independence. And there are important things to do when a stone quarry threatens...

After generations of existing in the human-sized world, a group of four-inch-high nomes discover their true nature and origin, with the help of a black square called the Thing.

A step-by-step description of preparing rock for building from digging it out of the ground to the final polishing.