"Step into the world of the Throne of Glass series with this collection of prequel novellas. Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. But when Arobynn dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, Celaena finds herself acting independently...

Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

A curious Scottish terrier decides to investigate the strange noise coming from the other side of the hedge.

Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.

At the first annual states party, Virginia and Idaho hatch a plan to swap spots so each can see another part of the country. Then, all the states decide to switch places. What will happen if the states choose not to return to their proper spots?

Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.