Paul O Zelinsky

"...infectious...Be prepared to hum along with the familiar tune." - Booklist Over a million children have enjoyed the wheels that go round, doors that open and shut, and people who go bumpety-bump.Score performed by The Bacon Brothers.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis. As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.

Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.

Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.

When Zebra and his enthusiastic friend Moose are asked to exit a book about shapes, Moose has other plans.

While Little Girl is away on winter vacation, her toys, Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic, decide to go outside and learn more about snow.

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.