A simple story brought to life with Bianchi's funny watercolors, Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night affectionately relates an unlikely family bedtime that parents anc hildren alike will enjoy.
...A farmer's simple drive to the country fair turns into a chaotic journey as more and more of his animals want to climb aboard. The obliging farmer lets each group of animals join him -- first a single chicken, followed by two sheep, three pigs and fo...
Just as she is getting ready for bed, a farmer notices that ten of her barnyard animals are preparing for an all-night hoedown. Still wearing her nightgown, she sneaks out to watch them as they dance through the night. As the animals lay down one ...
A visitor to the zoo climbs on board the double-decker tour bus expecting to get a clear view of all the animals. But he soon discovers that not all the zoo inhabitants are easily found.
As he approaches each exhibit, he strains to spot...
Young Robin dreams of becoming one of the King's foresters but a single mistake changes his life forever. Goaded into shooting a royal deer to prove his skills as an archer, Robin is declared a criminal and is forced to flee to the safety of Sherw...
After the death of a brutish guest at his family's inn, young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map that leads him and some local adventurers to an island filled with danger and intrigue. Within hours of sighting the island, the crew, led by the vi...
When 19th-century showman J. Quigley Dumbleton decides to open a zoo in New York City, he declares that it will be the greatest zoo on Earth, filled with the biggest and best specimens the world can offer. And true to his word, he brings to his admir...
Mortimer has fun creating a lunch for his father by coming up with a sandwich that he is sure his dad will like because he puts in all his favorite foods, including spaghetti, yogurt, and tuna with honeysuckle sauce....