In 1777 nine-year-old Aaron would rather help the Green Mountain Boys fight the British than stay home and bake bread for them.

Freddy liked everything about his new house except that there seemed to be no boys his age in the neighborhood.

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

When he finds a torn piece of paper with only part of a word on it, boy detective Nate sets out to find the missing pieces.

A very messy rat worries about his friendship with his extremely neat new neighbor.

A timorous young boy teaches his rowdy cousins the value of being quiet and using one's imagination.

"The intrepid crew of the space ship "Star Warts" lands on a water-covered planet inhabited by Deep Wader, a horrible hungry monster"--Title page verso

Fiona befriends a flea and helps get it started in show business.

Plain Jane has a heart of gold -- but her face is as homely as her nose is long. Princess Miserella, on the other hand, is a beautiful princess with a heart of stone. In this droll twist on the classic fairytale, the kiss-bestowing prince learns that beauty is indeed only skin deep. "Yolen pokes fun at the patterned Sleeping-princess story in a tale that's written with brisk simplicity and humor ... it is amusing, it has plenty of action, and it's...