Emma Chichester Clark

Lily has been losing Blue Kangaroo a lot and he worries that she will forget about him someday.

A chance meeting turns to friendship for a lonely crocodile and a companionless golden retriever who both arrive in the city at Christmas time.

Lily has been doing some not very nice things, and blaming them on Blue Kangaroo

A friendly crocodile receives the best birthday present ever when he rescues his dear companion, Melrose the dog, during a storm at sea.

"That's just silly!" said his sister. "Bears don't read!" George isn't happy doing the usual bear things like chatting and fishing. But what else is there? Then one day, he finds a book beneath a tree and knows ... More than anything he wants to learn to read! But, arriving in town, George soon discovers that it's not easy to be a bear at school! If only he could find someone to teach him the alphabet and change his life forever ... Perhaps a little...

Billy, a boy who always wants more of everything, travels to an imaginary land where he finally has enough but finds that he misses his mother.

A child's quiet night is transformed into a birthday celebration full of beloved fairy-tale characters.

The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.

Lily turns the tables on her grandmother by asking what she would like to be when she grows up--which Lily is certain Grandma has not yet done.

Presents ten classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, with new illustrations and updated wording.