Barry Root

In a retelling of a Russian folktale set in the American South, little Buddy Earl keeps his family from being the laughingstock of the county Peach Pickin' Festival. Includes a recipe for peach cobbler.

When Charlie visits his hardworking grandparents in the summer, he often is left to himself, and he is lonely. So he goes out to play by the stream, with a tin can for tadpoles, a special weed-whacking stick, and stones to drop from the iron bridge. One day he notices that when he strikes the bridge with a big stone, it rings with a bong like a church bell and echoes into the valley. And sometimes a faint, very distant, different-sounding bong comes...

Millie and Maude are two cool cows who fly to the moon and back in a night wearing the Huckabuck children's new black boots.

Shares the inspiring story of the author's first Christmas spent with Maurice, a poor young boy she met on the street, during which the boy gave her a cherished toy to demonstrate how much he valued their friendship.

Baby Owen's grandmother learns that he is wiggly, jiggly, and all-around giggly for bluegrass music, so with her banjo, she travels by curious means to visit and play for him.

A collection of stories by such authors as Maurice Sendak, Roald Dahl, and Astrid Lindgren.