One of the true classics of English literature, here are the adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. Shy Mole is cleaning his underground house until the spring weather lures him above for a cautious encounter with the worldly Water Rat. Their exploration of the Wild Wood includes lunch with Otter and hilarious adventures at Toad Hall. Grahame's idyllic world is as fresh now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales, of Ratty sculling...

In the fall of 1883 Professor William Waterbury Sherman, weary of 40 years of teaching arithmetic, sets forth from San Francisco on a balloon expedition. What happens in the treee weeks between that day and the day he is rescued from the Atlantic Ocean makes up this unbleievable tale.

With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.

Cam uses her photographic memory to identify the person who stole a valuable autographed baseball.