A trip to the beach with Grandma provides lots of fun and surprises.

Dragon finds a fat cat in the snow outside his house, brings it inside, and soon has a family.

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.

A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national news story.

Sixteen original stories reflecting the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful-- and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.

Several farm animals try to evade a coyote that they think is dangerous.

Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son.